Noah's Ark and God's Promise

Preschool Sunday School Lesson Ideas

Jun 1, 2007 Denise Oliveri

Noah was an old man when God asked him to build the ark. With a little help from family and a lot of faith in God, Noah was able to accomplish the task.

The ideas below may help you teach a lesson on Noah's Ark. Feel free to use these ideas to supplement your current curriculum or to make your own lesson.

Story Suggestion

The Flood (Genesis 6-9)

Game Ideas

Poor Kitty

Directions: Choose one child to be "Kitty" while the other children sit in a circle on the floor. "Kitty" will crawl to a person in the circle and say sadly, "Meow." That person must pat the kitty on the head and say, "Nice kitty," without smiling or laughing. If the person smiles or laughs, she/he becomes "Kitty." If the person does not smile or laugh, "Kitty" goes to another person until someone else becomes "Kitty."

Alphabet Zoo

Directions: Cut up cardboard into small squares and write alphabet individual letters on each one. Shuffle the pile of letters and have a student select one. Now have the class try to come up with as many animals as they can think of that start with that letter. For example, "B" could be bear, beaver, etc. You may have to skip "X," but I am sure the students will try to think of something.

Snacks

• A good snack for this lesson would be animal crackers. You can have the children sort the crackers two-by-two or just let them eat them right away!
• Get a few boxes of multi-colored fruit snacks and have students try to make a rainbow collectively by working together.

Art Center Ideas

Handprint Rainbow

Materials:

• Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and white construction paper
• White posterboard
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Glue stick (regular glue will not work as well for this project)
• Black and yellow crayon

Directions:

1. Trace child's hand on each color of construction paper, except for the white.
2. Cut out each hand and arrange them to look like a rainbow (i.e., red first, overlap orange just a bit on the red, etc.).
3. Trace child's hand with thumb stretched out as much as possible and fingers close together to make a dove. Cut out the handprint and where the thumb is, have the child draw a black eye and a yellow beak. Glue this picture in the center of the rainbow arch.

Variation: You can write a memory verse on the dove before the child glues it to the posterboard.

Floating Animals

Materials:

• Cork (you can find these at craft stores)
• Thumbtacks
• Scissors
• White paper
• Laminating paper
• Crayons

Directions:

Preparation: Cut a deep slit in the side of the cork (long ways).

1. On the white paper, draw a picture of your favorite animal. Use as much detail as you like. Draw a tab on the bottom of the picture that is wide enough to fit into the slit on the cork.
2. Cut out the animal shape, with the tab.
3. Cover the animal (front and back) with laminating paper. Cut the animal shape out again, cutting away the extra laminating paper.
4. Put the picture in the slit.
5. Put a thumbtack on the bottom side of the cork to keep it balanced. You can even float your cork, if you made a water animal.

Suggested Prayer

Thank you God for all that you made, and the rainbow so bright. Help me, God, to remember, I am always in your sight. Amen.

Check out preschool Bible crafts for Noah's Ark for even more ideas!

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Picture of a rainbow