Instant Bible Lessons for Toddlers -- God Takes Care of Me by Rose Publishing

Each lesson includes: s Bible story plus visual s Discussion questions s Memory verse s Several related activities s Take-home sheets s Step-by-step instructions

Growing Up for God RB38212

God Blesses Me RB38213

God Takes Care of Me RB38214

Instant Bible Lessons for Preschoolers

Keep preschoolers ages 3-5

involved in creative, active Bible learning with Instant Bible Lessons for Preschoolers. Whether you teach Sunday school, children’s church or home school you will find everything you need to teach meaningful, fun lessons in these four reproducible books.

God’s Servants Teach Me RB36852

I Learn Respect RB36853

An imprint of Rose Publishing, Inc. 4733 Torrance Blvd., #259, Torrance, CA 90503 See more excellent children’s teaching aids at www.Rose-Publishing.com

I Am God’s Child RB36854

RB38214 ISBN 10: 1-58411-039-2 ISBN 13: 978-1-58411-039-2

RELIGION/Christian Ministry/Children

Rainbow Publishers

I Belong to Jesus RB36851

s GOD TAKES CARE OF ME s

Jesus Is My Friend RB38211

INSTANT BIBLE LESSONS FOR TODDLERS

Get toddlers excited about Bible learning

with this series of complete lessons for kids ages 1-3. Patterned after Rainbow’s best-selling Instant Bible Lessons series for older children, these reproducible books offer everything you need to teach toddlers. Each lesson begins with a Bible story followed by a clever visual you can make to enhance learning. Then a variety of themed puzzles, games, crafts and snacks allow you to have flexibility in shaping the biblical message for your class.

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God Takes Care of Me Mary J. Davis

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Permission is granted to the buyer of this book to photocopy student materials in this book for use with Sunday school or Bible teaching classes.

An imprint of Rose Publishing, Inc. Torrance, CA www.Rose-Publishing.com

To my inspiration for writing these books of Toddler Lessons, Caleb and Courtney.

Also, to big sister Shelbee. Grandma loves you all.

And as always, to Larry.

INSTANT BIBLE LESSONS FOR TODDLERS: GOD TAKES CARE OF ME ©2003 BY RAINBOW PUBLISHERS ISBN 10: 1-58411-039-2 ISBN 13: 978-1-58411-039-2 RAINBOW REORDER# RB38214 RELIGION / CHRISTIAN MINISTRY / CHILDREN RAINBOW PUBLISHERS AN IMPRINT OF ROSE PUBLISHING, INC. 4733 TORRANCE BLVD., #259 TORRANCE, CA 90503 WWW.ROSE-PUBLISHING.COM Cover Illustrator: Mary Rojas Interior Illustrator: Chuck Galey Scriptures are from the Holy Bible: New International Version (North American Edition), ©1973, 1978, 1984 by the International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers. Permission is granted to the buyer of this book to photocopy student materials for use with Sunday school or Bible teaching classes. All rights reserved. Except as noted above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission of Rainbow Publishers. Printed in the United States of America

••• Contents ••• 'Introduction ................................................& How to Use This Book ..........................................5

Charter 1: God Took Care of Noah ........1 Foldover Ark .......................................................... 8 Bulletin Board Poster .......................................... 10 What's in the Sky? ....................... ......................... 12 Arks and Rainbows ................................... .... ...... .l3 Two of Every One ................................. ............... 14 A Big Storm ...... ........ ............................................ 15 Ark Snack .............................................................. 16 Gather the Animals ................ .............................. 17

Charter 2: Gcd Took care of ttl6 feOfle -18

Flip Booklet .......................................................... 19 Bulletin Board Poster ..... ...................... ............... 21 Find a Way ... ................ ......................................... 23 God's People ........................................................ 24 Match and Place ..................................... .... ........... 25 God Makes a Way ................................................ 26 Lunch to Go ............. ........................... .................. 27

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God Took Care of E1Uah ....%8

Craft Stick Puppets ............................................. .29 Bulletin Board Poster .............. ............................ 30 Find the Ravens .............................. ...................... 32 Care Song and Rhyme .................... ............. ...... .33 Raven Wearables .................................................. 34 God Takes Care of Julie .. ... ................................. 35 Flying Ravens Mobile ................. ......................... 36 Raven Server ........................................................ 37

Charter &4-: God Took Care of onah .. Ribbon Story ......... .... ............................................. 39 Bulletin Board Poster ......................................... .40 Jonah Ran Away ............. ........ ....................... .... ..42 Jonah Song ........................ .................................... 43 Jared Prays ............................................................ 44 Jonah Folding Book ... ... ................... ......... ........... .45 Where Is Jonah? ....................................................46 Matching Fish ............. .......... ........... ......................47

Charter &: God Took Care of OSniel....&4-8 Story Spools ......... ....................... .......................... 49 Bulletin Board Poster ....................................... .. .51

Dot-to-dot Daniel.. ............................................... .53 Daniel Prayed ...... ................. .. .... ........................... 54 Lion Snack ..................... ............ ... ........................ 55 Three Times a Day ................................................56 Close the Lion's Mouth ... .................................. .57 Praying Hands Badge ... ...... ................................ .58

Charter ,: God Took Care of feter ....&'t Story Carousel ........ .................... .... ...................... 60 Bulletin Board Poster ....................................... ...61 God Took Care of Me .......................................... 63 Free from Chains ..................................................64 A Lost Mommy ....................................................65 Peter Story Puppets .............................................. 66 Make an Angel .......................................... ............ 67 Fingerprint Maze .................................................. 68

Charter 1: G.ocI Took care of Saul (fauU-''t Where Is Saul? ...................................................... 70 Bulletin Board Poster ............................ .. ............ 72 Where Are You, Saul? .... .... ........... ............... ..... ... 74 Saul in a Basket ....................................... ............. 75 Make a Basket ..... ..... .. ..........................................76 Grandma's Lemonade ........................................ 77 Glue-on Story ......................................... ............... 78

Charter 8: God Took Care of the Lost Sheer ............................................................

Hand Puppets ... ............... ................................ .... 80 Bulletin Board Poster .. .... .. ........... .... ...................81 Tracing Maze .................... .. .................................. 83 Look Where? ........................................... .. .... ....... 84 Stuffed Bag Sheep .............. .. ................................85 Wags Is Lost ...... .................................................... 86 Sheep Necklace ..... ............................................... 87 Sweet Finger Painting ................. .......... ............. .. 88

Charter 'J: More Ways God Takes Care of Me ..............................................................8't God Takes Care Song .......................................... 89 God Cares for Me Picture ......................... ........... 90 A Growing Chart. ............................ ..................... .. 91 God's Care Book .................................................. 93 Pop-up Flower ...................................................... 94 Bible Story Mobile ................................................ 95

••• Introduction ••• Do your toddlers know that God takes care of them? Learning about God's care for His people is a first step to building a lifetime relationship with Him. After they participate in the activities in God Takes Care of Me, toddlers will know that God is involved in their daily lives. He took care of Noah, the Israelites, Elijah, Jonah, Daniel, Peter and Saul (Paul), and he will take care of us. Toddlers will learn to love and want to obey our loving God. Each of the first eight chapters includes a Bible story, memory verse, and a variety of activities to help reinforce the truth in the lesson. An additional chapter contains miscellaneous projects that can be used anytime throughout the study, or at the end to review the lessons. The most exciting aspect of Instant Bible Lessons for Toddlers, which includes, Jesus Is My Friend, Growing Up for God and God Blesses Me, is its flexibility. You can easily adapt these lessons to a Sunday school hour, a children's church service, a Wednesday night Bible study, or family home use. And because there is a variety of reproducible ideas from which to choose (see below), you will enjoy creating a class session that is best for your group of students, whether large or small, beginning or advanced, active or studious. The intriguing topics will keep your kids coming back for more, week after week. Toddlers will learn that God takes care of us. They will begin to build a lifetime love of God.

'" How to use This Book '" Each chapter begins with a Bible story which you may read to your class in one of two levels, followed by discussion questions. Following each story page is a story visual for you to make and use as you tell the story. Every story chapter also includes a bulletin board poster with the memory verse and suggestions for using the poster as an activity. All of the activities are tagged with one of the icons below, so you can quickly flip through the chapter and select the projects you need. Simply cut off the teacher instructions on the pages and duplicate!

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Charter 1

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God Took Care of Noah

Memory Verse God blessed Noah and his sons.

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2's and God was sad. People were acting very badly. So God said, "I will send a flood to get rid of all the bad things. First I will find a man who loves Me and is good. I will have him build an ark to save himself and the animals." God chose Noah and his family. God said to Noah, "Build an ark. Then put two of every animal in it to be safe from the flood ." Noah did what God said. Noah and his family went into the ark. Then it began to rain. It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. God kept Noah and his family and all the animals safe inside the ark. When the flood was gone, God told Noah it was time to leave the ark. Noah was thankful that God took care of them. God promised to never send a flood like that again. To show He would keep His promise, God made a beautiful rainbow in the sky.

1's and young 2's God was sad. He didn't like all the bad things that were happening on the earth. God said, "I will make it rain. The whole earth will be covered with a flood." God loved Noah and his family. God told Noah to build a big boat called an ark. God told Noah to put two of every animal inside. Then Noah and his family went inside the ark. The rain came and filled the whole earth with water. But Noah and his family and all the animals were safe. When the flood went away, God told Noah to leave the ark. God promised never to flood the whole earth again. He put a beautiful rainbow in the sky to help us remember His promise.

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1. How many of each animal did Noah take into the ark? 2. What did God put in the sky to help us remember His promise? 7

• foldover Ark·

story Visual •••••••••••• What You Need • this page and page 9, duplicated

to Do ·1. CutWhat out and fold : :

the ark in half to make it stand up. 2. Cut out the figures of Noah and the : animals. 3. Fold the tabs to the back and tape, forming a ring for the figures to stand. : 4. To tell the story, stand the Noah : figure on the table. : Then stand up the ark, leaving the . opening large enough for the · figures to fit inside. : 5. Place the animal : figures on the table and scoot them inside the ark as you tell about Noah. · gathering the animals. Then have: Noah go inside. : 6. Remove Noah and : · the animals as the story dictates at the end of the flood .

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• Bulletin Board t»oster· bulletin board

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• pattern on page 11 • construction paper or card stock • clear, self-stick plastic: • texture items (see : below)

What to Do 1. Depending on how : you want to use the : poster (see ideas : below and at right), enlarge, reduce or : simply copy page 11 : to fit your bulletin board space. : 2. To use the poster as : an in-class activity, : duplicate the page : for each child. Provide: texture items to . glue onto the page. : Examples: green : paper for grass, felt for animal skins, : cotton for sheep : and bunnies. After : the children color their picture, help . them glue on some : of the texture items. :

foster fointer Fasten the poster onto a bulletin board In your classroom. To make it stand out, mount it onto brightly-colored construction paper, leaving an edge of the construction paper showing. Color the poster with crayons or markers.

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God blessed noah and his sons. Genesis q:l 11

• What's in the Sky? fuzzle

•••••••••••• . What You Need • • duplicated page • crayons

What to Do 1. Read the story from: page 7 to the children. 2. Help the children : color in the shapes : with the corresponding

colors. : 3. Ask, What do we find? Yes, it's a . rainbow. God put a : rainbow in the sky to remind us of His: promIse. . __ : 4. While the children : color their pictures, : retell the story.

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Build an Ark

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Build an ark, Build an ark, God told Noah.

•••••••••••• What You Need • duplicated page

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1. Sing "Build an Ark" with the children to the tune of "3 Blind Mice." For actions, pretend to hammer both fists together. 2. Slowly do the actions in "God's Rainbow" so the children can follow them. Say • the rhyme together a few times. :

God told Noah. Build an ark and go inside. Take the animals side by side. Then on the waters you will ride, Inside the ark, Inside the ark.

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God's Rainbow Look, look, way up high. I see a rainbow in the sky. put hand above eyes and look up

God pu t it there for all to see God made a promise to you and me. point to the sky

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• Two of Every One. fuzzle

•••••••••••• What You Need • duplicated page • crayons

What to 00 1. Help the children recognize the pairs . of matching animals.: 2. Show how to draw : a line from one animal to its match. : 3. Say, God told Noah to take TWO of every animal inside the ark.

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• A Big storm· coloring •••••••••••• What You Meed • duplicated page • crayons

What to 00 1. Hold up the picture so the children can see it as you tell the story. 2. Say, God took care of Noah and his family. God will take care of us, too.

Boom! The thunder made a loud noise. Courtney ran to Daddy. Daddy helped Courtney climb onto his lap. "It's just a storm," Daddy said. "Soon, the rain will stop, and so will the loud thunder." "I don't like the loud noise," Courtney said. Daddy gave her a big hug. "God will take care of us during the storm," he said. "Do you remember the Bible story about Noah and his family in the big flood?" Courtney nodded her head. She liked the story of how God took care of Noah's family and all the animals. Daddy told the story again. "God told Noah to build a big boat. Then, God told Noah to put two of every animal on the ark. Noah and his family went inside the ark, too. Then, God made the rain come down for many days and nights. The whole earth was flooded. But Noah, his family and all the animals were safe inside the ark. When the flood went away, Noah and his family brought all the animals out of the ark. Noah thanked God for taking good care of them. God promised never to bring a terrible flood over the whole earth again. Then God made a beautiful rainbow in the sky to remind us of His promise." Daddy pointed out the window. "Look at the sky. There's a rainbow. The storm is over." Courtney looked at the rainbow in the sky. She smiled. God took care of her during the storm, just like he took care of Noah.

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- Ark SnackcrafVsnack . • • • • • • • • • • •• .• What You Need .

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duplicated page graham crackers frosting animal crackers glue or tape

What to 00 • 1. Before class, cut out: an ark for each child. : Fold the ark on the dashed lines and . tape the ends to form a box shape. 2. Give each child an ark, a graham cracker and some animal crackers. . 3. Help the children : spread some : frosting on the • graham cracker. Have the children : stand some animals: in the frosting. : 4. Place the graham : cracker inside the : ark box. Say, Noah : gathered two of : each animal and took them inside the ark. 5. The children may eat some of the crackers as they work.

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• Gather the Animals· game ••• • •••••• •• What You Need • duplicated page • construction paper : • shoeboxes 0

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story to Share ................................... 2's and "Let my people go!" Moses told Pharaoh. God's people had been slaves for many years. Now God wanted His people to go free. "No," Pharaoh said many times. God sent 10 plagues on the people of Egypt. God made these bad things happen so Pharaoh would know that God was in charge, not Pharaoh. When Pharaoh finally got tired of the plagues, he said, "Leave! Go!" He was afraid of what else God might do. So God's people left Egypt. "Oh, no," the people said to Moses. "How are we going to cross the Red Sea?" "Don't worry," Moses said. "God has found a way to keep us safe. God will take care of us." Moses stretched out his hand over the Red Sea. The water separated and made a path in the middle of the sea. God sent a wind and made the ground dry. God's people crossed the Red Sea on dry ground! Everyone was safe. God took good care of His people.

1's and young1.'s "God says to let his people go!" Moses said to Pharaoh. God's people had been slaves for a long time. Now God wanted his people to be free. "No!" said Pharaoh. But God made some bad things happen. Finally, Pharaoh said, "Go." All of God's people left Egypt. But then they came to the Red Sea. "Don't worry," Moses said. "God has found a way to take care of us." Moses stretched out his arm. The sea waters moved and made a path. Then, God sent a wind to dry the ground. God's people crossed the Red Sea on dry ground. God took care of his people .

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i. What did God want Pharaoh to do? 2. How did the people cross the Red Sea? 18

• 'Iir Booklet· story Visual •••••••••••• What You Need • this page and page 20, duplicated • two plastic or metal rings • hole punch

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1. Cut out the four pictures on the solid lines. 2. Place the scenes in order. 3. Punch two holes at the top of each page, on the dots. 4. Place the rings through the holes to attach all of the pages together. 5. To tell story, hold the booklet so all the children can easily see the pictures. Flip the pages to the different scenes as you tell the story. 6. Say often, God took care of His people.

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: Another 'Idea Let each child carry a stuffed animal or a backpack. Say, We are leaving Egypt like God's people did. Let's walk a long way together. God took care of His people.

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Each lesson includes: s Bible story plus visual s Discussion questions s Memory verse s Several related activities s Take-home sheets s Step-by-step instructions

Growing Up for God RB38212

God Blesses Me RB38213

God Takes Care of Me RB38214

Instant Bible Lessons for Preschoolers

Keep preschoolers ages 3-5

God’s Servants Teach Me RB36852

I Learn Respect RB36853

An imprint of Rose Publishing, Inc. 4733 Torrance Blvd., #259, Torrance, CA 90503 See more excellent children’s teaching aids at www.Rose-Publishing.com

I Am God’s Child RB36854

RB38214 ISBN 10: 1-58411-039-2 ISBN 13: 978-1-58411-039-2

RELIGION/Christian Ministry/Children

Rainbow Publishers

I Belong to Jesus RB36851

s GOD TAKES CARE OF ME s

Jesus Is My Friend RB38211

INSTANT BIBLE LESSONS FOR TODDLERS

Get toddlers excited about Bible learning