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Birds Don't Plant Gardens

God Feeds the Birds

Day 67of 180
Week 14of 36
15Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God provides food for birds

2

Recognize that birds don't grow their own food

3

Begin to trust God's care and provision

Matthew 6:26

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

β€” Matthew 6:26 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's care for all of creation, even small birds

πŸ“¦ Materials Needed

  • Bird pictures from BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Toy birds
  • Small seeds
  • Paper plate

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse adventure! Yesterday we learned about birds, and today we'll discover something special about how they get food!

πŸ’­ Review Question: Can you make a bird sound like we did yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Birds are amazing! Did you know they don't plant gardens or grow their own food? God gives them everything they need!

πŸ“Œ Key Talking Points:
  • Birds fly around looking for food
  • They don't have gardens
  • God provides food for them every day
πŸ’¬ Discussion Questions:
  • Where do birds find food?
  • Who helps the birds eat?
3Activity: Bird Feeding Adventure (6 min)
storytelling

Scatter seeds on a paper plate and pretend to be birds finding food

πŸ“ Instructions:
  1. Spread seeds on plate
  2. Use toy birds to 'find' seeds
  3. Talk about how God provides for birds
πŸ”„ Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child move birds

Challenge: Child creates bird sound for each seed found

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's care for birds

πŸ“ Review Questions:
  • Do birds plant gardens?
  • Who takes care of birds?
πŸ™ Prayer:

Dear God, thank you for taking care of the birds. Thank you that you take care of me too!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn more about how God knows every bird!

Matthew 6:26

β€œGod takes care of us!”

β€” Matthew 6:26 (WEB)

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

Teaching Notes

πŸ“š Background:

PK3 children are learning about God's provision through concrete examples

πŸ’‘ Teaching Tips:
  • Use animated voice
  • Make activities very hands-on
  • Repeat key concepts multiple times
πŸ€” Common Struggles:

Staying focused for entire lesson

πŸ‘€ Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and simple understanding of God's care

Extension Activities

  • Bird feeder craft from BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Sing 'God Takes Care of Me' from BibleMouse Song Collection

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