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Look at the Birds!

God Feeds the Birds

Day 66of 180
Week 14of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God takes care of birds

2

Recognize that God provides food for animals

3

Develop trust in God's care

📖 Scripture Connection

Matthew 6:26

“Look at the birds of the sky, that they don't sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?”

— Matthew 6:26 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's loving care for all of His creation

📦 Materials Needed

  • Bird pictures
  • Toy birds
  • Small seeds
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK3 Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Make bird sounds and ask child to listen. Ask, 'What sounds do birds make?'

💭 Review Question: Remember how God gave Noah a rainbow promise?
2Teaching (5 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we're going to learn how God takes care of little birds!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God made all the birds
  • Birds don't have refrigerators or grocery stores
  • God gives birds food every single day
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you make a bird sound?
  • Where do birds get their food?
3Activity: Bird Feeding Time (6 min)
hands-on learning

Scatter seeds and watch how birds might eat

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread seeds on a paper plate
  2. Pretend to be a bird pecking for food
  3. Talk about how God provides food
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just scatter seeds and watch

Challenge: Draw a simple bird feeding chart

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about birds and God's care

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who takes care of the birds?
  • Does God love the birds?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank You, God, for taking care of the birds and taking care of us!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about how God helps birds get food!

💎 Memory Verse

Matthew 6:26

“God takes care of us!”

— Matthew 6:26 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Bird Chirp Repeat: Parent chirps the memory verse, child repeats while flapping arms like wings

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children learn best through concrete, sensory experiences

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use animated voice
  • Make lots of bird sounds
  • Be patient with short attention spans
🤔 Common Struggles:

Sitting still and focusing for the entire lesson

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and attempts to mimic bird sounds

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Bird watching in the backyard
  • Coloring bird pictures from BibleMouse Printables Library

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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