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2 Noah Obeys God Bible Lesson Scripture References: Genesis 6 Printable Bible Verse Cards: Print out onto card stock and make copies. Teaching Concept: God loved Noah very much. He was a good man and did everything God told him to do exactly like he told him. With God s help we can obey like Noah. Early Arrivers Activities 1. Make a Craft Stick Ark What you will need: Jumbo Craft Sticks, Regular-sized Craft Sticks and Mini Craft Sticks (If you don t have mini craft sticks, you can cut the regular-sized craft stick to fit the pattern.) Crayons or Colored Pencils Small Animal Stickers Glue What to do: 1. Before class print out the pattern and make copies. (Available on The Resource Room.) 2. In class have your children color the picture to make a Biblical scene. 3. Place lines of glue on the picture where the craft sticks belong and have your children place craft sticks to the pattern. 4. To finish write the Bible verse on the bottom of the page. 2

3 2. Noah Obeys God Activity Sheet What you will need: White or Brown Paper Crayons or Color Pencils Mini Craft Sticks (Optional) Markers What to do: 1. Before class print out the activity sheet and make copies. (Available on The Resource Room.) 2. Write the Bible verse or Bible phrase on small craft sticks. If you have younger children use part of the verse and write only one word per stick. If you have older children, you can have them write the Bible verse on the sticks using more than one word per stick, or you can prepare them before class. Make a set for each child. 3. In class have your children color the pictures and then glue the Bible verse craft sticks to the bottom of the page in order. (The picture shown was printed on brown paper and then colored with colored pencils.) The Lesson Preparation: Print out a picture of Noah. (Available on The Resource Room.) Before you start the lesson open your Bible to Genesis, Chapter 6, and show your children where the story is found. A long time ago God looked down on the earth and was very sad. He was sad because it was filled with wicked, mean people who didn t care about anything but themselves. But there was hope. There was still one man in the whole world who still loved God and his name was Noah. (Hold up the picture of Noah.) The Bible tells us Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD and that Noah was a just man and perfect, and that he walked with God. God loved Noah very much; but he had to do something about all the terrible people. 3

4 When Noah was 480 years old God to talked to him. He told Noah that he was going to destroy the whole earth and everything in it and start all over. He told Noah that he wanted him to build a huge boat called an ark so that he could save his family and the animals. God told Noah exactly how he wanted him to make the boat. He gave him detailed instructions about how long and high, and what he should use to build the ark. Note: Show your children an ark that is drawn to scale according to the measurements given in the Bible. The True Story of Noah s Ark by Tom Dooley and Bill Looney has great pictures that will really get your children thinking about what it must have been like to build the ark and live in it. There is a preview of some of the pictures in the book on the website. Noah listened carefully so he would remember everything God told him to do. This was going to be a big project, but Noah was a good man and he obeyed God. He did everything exactly like God told him to do it. He didn t whine about what a big job it would be, or complain about how hard it would be. No, he got out his tools and he got right to work. He sawed and he chopped and he didn t stop. He kept working and he didn t give up even though it was very hard work. He sawed and he chopped and he didn t stop. He kept working and he didn t give up even though it would take many, many years to build the ark. He sawed and he chopped and he didn t stop. He kept working and he didn t give up because he had to make the boat big enough to save his family and thousands of animals. He sawed and he chopped and he didn t stop until God told him the rain was about to drop. Finally after working on the boat for many years (about 70) God told him to stop. Noah had done everything God told him to do exactly how he told him to do it. The boat was ready and soon it would start to rain. But where were all the animals? We will find out next week what happens to Noah and his family. Prayer Father, help us to be like Noah. We want to be pleasing in your eyes. Help us to obey you and our parents, to listen carefully and do exactly what we are told. Amen. 1. Listening Activity (Adaptable to Any Age) Activities Bring in some building blocks and other toys that relate to the story, and maybe some play hammers, saws, etc. 4

5 Before class write up some simple directions of things you would like the children to do with the blocks and toys. Write each set of directions on a separate sheet of paper. For example, you might say, Place a green block on top of a square red block and then hammer on the red block five times. Make up a bunch of different directions so that you have one set for each child. Make them match your children s abilities. Place all the directions in a bag or tool belt. Before you start this activity remind your children that God told Noah that he wanted him to build an ark so that he could save his family and the animals. God told Noah exactly how he wanted him to make the boat. Noah listened carefully so he would remember everything God told him to do. It was going to be a big project, but Noah was a good man and he obeyed God. He didn t whine and complain. He got out his tools and got right to work. Tell your children that they are going to pretend that God is giving them some instructions like he gave Noah. They should listen carefully as you read the directions and then do exactly what they says. Let each child take a turn. Discussion When all the children have had a turn ask them if it was easy or hard to listen and do what they were told. Ask them if they listen to their parents and teachers and do exactly what they are told to do. If your mom asks you to clean up your room, do you do it? Do you do it well or do you just throw everything in the closet so she can t see all your stuff. Do you whine and complain and say, I don t know what to do, or I didn t make the mess.? When your mom asks you to put your toys away, do you do it? Or do you start playing with something else instead? Do you think God had to ask Noah twice to build the ark? Do you think Noah started building the ark, but got bored and decided that maybe he could finish it later? We should use Noah as our example. God was very pleased with Noah because he did what was right. 2. Building the Ark Bible Story Review Game - (Older children) Preparation: You will need a plastic toy hammer, golf tees, and a five-inch block of Styrofoam. Place one golf tee in the Styrofoam for each team. If you don t want to buy these things you can use the nail patterns, brown construction paper cut into wood plank shapes, and a toy hammer. Divide your children up into teams. Take turns asking the team members questions from the story. When a team member answers a question correctly he gets to use the hammer to pound once on his team s golf tee (nail). The team that hammers the nail in first wins. If you are using the paper nail patterns, just move the nail down behind the construction paper wood planks a notch each time a child answers a question correctly. Give a toy hammer to the child who will be answering the question. When he is done, he will hand it to the next child who will attempt to answer a question. 5

6 Noah Obeys Questions 1. Why was God sad? There were wicked and mean people in the world. 2. There was one man left in the whole world who loved God. What was his name? Noah. 3. How old was Noah when God told him to build the ark? 480 years old. 4. Why did God want Noah to build the ark? He was going to destroy the world and he wanted to save Noah and his family and the animals. 5. How long did it take Noah and his family to build the ark? A very, very long time. 6. When did God tell him to stop? When the ark was finished. 7. Did Noah obey God? Did he do exactly what God told him to do? Yes. 8. Give an example of a time you obeyed your parents and did exactly what they told you to do. 9. Give an example of a time you didn t do exactly what your parents told you to do. 10. Give an example of when you obeyed God. 11. Tell about a time when it was hard to obey, when you had something hard you had to do. 12. Where in the Bible is the story of Noah found? Genesis If you don t want to use the nail pictures or the golf tees, you can use the craft stick picture in the opening activity. Each time a child answers a question correctly he glues a stick to the picture. The team that completes the picture first wins. If you don t have a lot of time, you can glue the jumbo and regular-sized sticks on before you start the activity. Or you can use just one picture and the team that glues on the last stick first wins. 3. Building the Ark Preschool Activity What you will need: Boxes 25 Piece Tool Belt Set, (I found this set a Walmart for $7.00), Measuring Tape, Levels, etc. Box Cutter Ruler Small Toy Animals and Toy People to Represent Noah and his Family 6

7 Hot Melt Glue Gun Sharp Scissors Sharpie Marker Double-sided Tape Paper and Child Scissors How to Make the Ark: 1. Before class make a box ark. Use a large box for the main part of the ark. Cut a door in the front of the box that can be folded into a ramp. 2. Use a smaller box that will fit inside the larger box for the covered part of the ark. Fold a large piece of cardboard in half to make a roof. Cut windows in the roof with flaps that can be closed. (I cut the bottom off the flaps to make awnings.) 3. Cut pieces of cardboad in the shape of boards. Draw small circles on the sides of the boards to look like nails. Place double sided tape on the back of the pieces. 4. If you have toy nuts and bolts, punch holes in the boards using a sharp pair of scissors and in the ark to match the holes in the boards. (I found a set of tools at Walmart for $7.00 that contained 5 nuts and bolts and 3 nails, a hammer, screw driver, T-driver, wrenches, tool belt, pliers, and more. You can also bring in plastic measuring tapes, small levels, and other tools that would be safe for children to play with. 5. In class let your children bolt and hammer the boards onto the ark with the toy bolts and nails. When you run out of bolts and nails have them stick the boards with the double-sided tape onto the ark and then pretend to hammer them to the ark. While children are hammering and bolting, you can have some of them collecting food for the animals. Have them cut pieces of yellow paper into strips for hay and green paper into leaf shapes and other plant shapes. Provide small boxes or containers to store the food that they can place in the ark. 6. When the ark is finished have the children line up the toy animals and place them in the ark. 7. You can also have children paint a rainbow on a large sheet of paper to be placed behind the ark. 7

8 Songs Noah Used a Hammer - Sing to the tune of I Can Work with One Hammer Noah works with one hammer, one hammer, one hammer, then he works with two. Noah works with two hammers, two hammers, two hammers, then he works with three. (Keep singing in this manner until you get to five.) Noah worked with five hammers, then he was all done. (Sit down really fast!) We do motions to the song similar to Father Abraham. One hammer is right hand; the left hand is two hammers, and the feet are three and four hammers. Five hammers is the head. Sent in by Lara For this is Love - Sing to the tune of Seek ye First (the kingdom of God). For this is love Of God, that we keep His commandments: And his commandments Are not grievous. 1 John 5:3 Mr. Noah Built an Ark - (Sing to the tune of Old MacDonald) Mr. Noah built an ark, E-i-e-i-o (or Arky, arky-o) And on his ark he had two cows, E-i-e-i-o (or Arky, arky-o) Before you start this song give each child a stuffed animal or a picture of an animal. When you get to the part in the song where you say an animals name, touch a child on the head and have him raise his animal up high and name it if he can. Then have the whole class sing the name of the animal and make it s sound. Sent in by Lara To Obey - Sing to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus. The commandments are for us to obey To obey, To obey, The commandments are for us to obey 1 John 5:3 8