Teaching Time

Tell the Bible story slowly using the bullets provided. Be expressive! Bring excitement and interest to the story by varying your facial expression, voice, and volume level. 

When God speaks, use a deep (but not scary) voice.  

Pause after the words in bold text to model an action or sound to imitate. 

●      A long time ago, people on the earth thought and did evil things. Make a sad face and lower your head.  

●      But one man was different. What was his name? Noah.

●      Noah was different. He listened to God and obeyed the Lord. Make a happy face.   

●      But because so many people were so bad, God decided to do something. What did He decide? To send a huge flood.

●      God told Noah to build a giant boat to keep Noah, his family, and all the animals safe during the flood. Cross your arms over your chest in a hugging motion.

●      What was the giant boat called? An ark.  

●      Did Noah obey just some of God’s instructions—or did he obey ALL of them? ALL of them!

●      When the ark was built, God sent lots of animals to enter the ark, two by two—a mommy animal and a daddy animal, so someday they could have baby animals!

●      Noah and the animals entered the ark. March in place.

●      God sent the rain. Have children make the sound of rain by rapidly slapping their knees.

●      How long did it rain? 40 days and 40 nights.

●      It rained so long that even the highest mountains were covered by water! Stand on tiptoes and stretch your arms up into the air. 

●      What happened to Noah and his family and all the animals? They stayed safe on the ark! 

●      Finally, the rain stopped. What did God send to dry up the water? A strong wind.

●      What does the wind sound like? Make a blowing sound.

●      After many days, Noah opened a window and sent something out to find dry land. What did he send? A bird called a dove.

●      The dove returned to the ark because there wasn’t a dry place to land. Make flying motions.

●      Noah sent the dove a second time. This time the dove came back with an olive branch. This meant the dove found a nice tree to land on, but there was still lots of water on the ground.

●      Noah sent the dove once more, but this time it did not come back. Make flying motions and smile.

●      Why didn’t the dove return? It found a dry place to live.

●      Then God said it was time to leave the ark. Let’s all march in place.

●      The first thing Noah did was to build an altar. Why? To worship God.

●      Noah thanked God for keeping his family and the animals safe. Bow head and fold hands in prayer.

●      Then, God put a rainbow in the sky as a sign of His promise. What did He promise? He would never again flood the whole earth.

●      Now, whenever you see a rainbow in the sky, remember that God always keeps His promises! Shout “God always keeps His promises!”  

●      So, what did you learn from our Bible story? We should be like Noah and obey God!

●      Let’s all jump up and down and shout, “I will obey God!” Children respond.