LESSON 34: READ AND RESPOND
THEME: The Basic Gospel
VOCABULARY: ark (big boat), flood, animal, forty, family, desert, man, people, neighbor, obey, after, year, who, what, why, how?
STORY: There is a man. His name is Noah. He is a good man. He loves and obeys God. God loves Noah a lot. There are many other people where Noah lives. God loves them all but they do not listen to God. God told Noah to build an ark (big boat). Noah listens to God and builds a boat. When Noah’s neighbors see him building a boat they laugh. There is no water in the desert. So why does Noah build the boat? God tells Noah that there is a flood coming and he will need the boat. Noah asks his neighbors to change their ways and listen to God. But they do not listen. God asks Noah to bring two of every kind of animal on earth with him on the boat. Noah, his family, and the animals lived on the boat for 7 days. After 7 days the rain fell. The water continued to rise for 150 days. God sent a big wind and slowly the earth dried up. After more than a year, Noah and his family leave the boat and start a new life on land.
ACTIVITIES
- Review the Vocabulary Words
- Review the new vocabulary words using a poster and pictures. Invent actions to go with the words. You’ll learn best through movement!
- Listen to Audio 1 as you read the story.
- Listen to Audio 2 – Story with Questions as you read the story and answer the questions.
- Retell the story using pictures. What happened first? Second? Third? Fourth? Fifth? Sixth.
- Review the main theme questions: “Why is it important to listen to God?” Or “How do we listen to God?”
- End the class with prayer.