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Beginner Lesson #7 – Spring 2010
God Sends a Great Flood
Lesson Objectives:
1. The children will know the events that occurred when God flooded the earth.
2. The children will understand that God always does what he says.
3. The children will understand the importance of showing God our thankfulness
for His care and protection.
Memory Verse: “…Noah built an altar to honor the Lord.”
--Genesis 8:20 (NIRV)
Message: God keeps His promises.
Bible Text: Genesis 7:1-8:22, 9:12-17
“Hook”/Intro Activity
As the children arrive have a toy Ark or boats and animals on the table for them
to play with for a few minutes. Then review last week‟s lesson together and continue
with today‟s story.
OR
Fold an 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper in half. Then fold the paper in half again. Open the
paper up once again, and draw lines to divide the paper in 4 sections. Draw a tree on
each section with just a stump and the branches. Let the children add to the tree as the
season goes:
Spring – blooms/flowers Summer – green leaves
Fall – colored leaves Winter – white snow
You can find the supplies for the blooms, leaves or snow in craft stores, or use small
piece of colored tissue paper instead. (Hint – for Tissue paper, use small pieces of red,
orange and yellow for fall, green tissue paper pieces for summer, white tissue paper for
winter, and light pink for spring blossoms. Have everything ready so that the children
just need to glue the pieces on the appropriate tree, according to your instructions.
These pictures of the seasons show us the circle of life on this earth. Tell the
children that today we will learn about God‟s promise to never destroy living things on
the earth.
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Lesson/Discussion
The time had come when the Lord told Noah to take his family and go into the ark. God
told Noah to take seven pairs of every kind of „clean‟ animal, each pair having one boy and one
girl animal. God also told Noah to take one pair of every „unclean‟ animal, again having one boy
and one girl of each pair. Noah also was to take seven pairs of every kind of bird, each pair
having a boy and a girl bird. This would allow all these animals to continue living on the earth
after the flood.
God told Noah: "Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain for 40
days and 40 nights. I will destroy every living thing I have made."
And Noah did everything the Lord commanded him to do.
Noah was 600 years old when the flood came on the earth. He and his sons entered the
ark. His wife and his sons' wives went with them. They entered the ark to escape the flood.
All the animals came to Noah, and they went into the ark two at a time, one boy and one girl.
Then the Lord closed the door of the ark. Everything happened exactly as God had
commanded Noah. Seven days later, the flood came. The rain began to fall, and it rained for 40
days and 40 nights. Water flooded the earth for 40 days, and it lifted the ark off of the
ground and the ark was able to float. The water got so high that even the highest mountains
were covered with water and could not be seen. Every living thing and all the people on the
earth died in the flood. The only ones to survive were Noah, his family, and the animals on the
ark. The water continued to cover the earth for 150 days (or about 5 month).
God remembered Noah and all the living creatures with him on the ark. And so God sent
a wind on the earth and the water began to go down. After 150 days, the water had gone down
far enough that the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. About two and a half months
later the tops of the mountains could be seen again.
Forty days later, Noah opened the window he had made in the ark and sent out a raven.
It kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. Then Noah sent a
dove out. He wanted to see if the water had dried up from the surface of the ground. But the
dove couldn't find any place to land because there was still water everywhere on the earth. So
the dove came back to Noah in the ark. Noah reached out his hand and took the dove back into
the ark.
Seven days later, Noah sent the dove out again. In the evening the dove came back with a
fresh olive branch in its mouth! So Noah knew that the ground was almost dry. He waited seven
more days and then sent the dove out again. But this time the dove didn't come back.
Noah was now 601 years old. The water had dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed
the covering from the ark. He saw that the land was dry. About two months later, the earth was
completely dry.
Then God told Noah to come out of the ark with all the animals and his family. God
wanted the animals to have many babies so they can multiply on the earth and grow in number
once again. So Noah did as God had told him and everyone came out of the ark.
Then Noah built an altar to honor the Lord. He took some of all of the "clean" animals and
birds and he sacrificed burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar. The Lord was very pleased, and
He made a promise to Noah to never again destroy the earth as He had done this time. “As long
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as the earth continues there will be a time to plant and a time to gather the harvest. There will
be cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night.
Then God told Noah that He was putting a rainbow in the sky as a sign of the promise
that He made never to destroy the living things on the earth again as He had with this great
flood.
Discussion Questions:
1. Why did God want to destroy the earth? (He wasn‟t happy because the people
were doing things that were not pleasing to Him.)
2. How did Noah know what to build or how big to build it? (God told Noah
exactly what to do and Noah followed his commands.)
3. How many days did it rain when Noah, his family and the animals were in the
ark? (40 days and 40 nights.)
4. What kind of birds did Noah send out of the ark to see if the land was dry? (A
raven first, and then a dove.)
5. Where did all the animals go once they got off the ark? (They all traveled
around the earth to find new homes so that the earth would have lots of
animals again.)
6. What did Noah make once he left the ark? (An altar to give thanks to God.)
7. Why do you think Noah wanted to thank God? (Discuss together.)
8. What kinds of things can we thank God for? (Discuss.)
9. How can we show God our thankfulness? (Discuss.)
10. How do you think God feels when we take the time to say thank you to Him?
(Discuss.)
11. Why do you think God decided to save Noah and his family, out of all the
people on the earth? (God chose to bless Noah because Noah loved God and
did things in his life that made God happy. Discuss.)
Activity Ideas:
Glittery Rainbow Craft:
Give each child a piece of parchment paper. Tape it to the table so it
doesn‟t move. Before class, draw on the paper the outlines of a rainbow. Have the
children fill the rainbow with lots of glue (Elmer‟s works best). Then have
different colors of glitter and the children can put it on the rainbow. It will take
a couple hours to dry. Make sure the children put their name on it and put it in a
safe place, so nobody touches it. In the next Sunday school lesson you can peel
off the rainbow. It will stick to windows. The kids can take it home and put it on
their window in their room to always be reminded of God‟s promise.
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“Paper Plate Rainbow” Craft:
See: http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Preschool/Crafts/1craft05a.php
Use paper plate to cut out arches that resemble the shape of a rainbow.
With a black marker write, “God keeps His promises.” Make one for each child.
The children will take the paper plate arches and color them all the
beautiful colors of the rainbow. Instruct them to take one color at a time and
follow the shape of the arch. It will be VERY helpful to complete a craft ahead
of time, or at the same time so the children can have an idea of how it should
look. Once completed, tell the children that they can take the rainbow home and
put it up somewhere to remember that God always keeps His promises.
Option – you could make the rainbows into a “mobile” by printing a set of
mobile pictures on card stock for each student. Have the children attach one
picture under each leg of the rainbow with yarn.
As the children are working, remember to keep talking with them:
Have you ever seen a rainbow?
Do you remember the first time you saw a rainbow?
How do you think Noah felt the first time he saw God‟s rainbow?
“Rainbow Colors” Game:
Just like in Noah‟s ark, there is plenty of room for all of us in Heaven. Jesus told
us a little about heaven when He said, “In my Father‟s house are many rooms. I am
going there to prepare a place for you.” (John 14:2). And I bet there will be pretty
colors in heaven too. What do you think? (Discuss with the children what they think
Heaven might be like.)
You will need to place chairs in a circle, one for each child, less one chair. One
child will start the game by standing inside the circle of chairs, while the other
children take a seat. The one in the center will say, “I see a beautiful rainbow, and in
it I see the color _____.” The child will select and say one of the colors of the
rainbow, for example “green.” Then, everyone sitting down who is wearing anything
that is green must stand. Then quickly, along with the child who was in the center,
scramble to find and sit down in a different chair. Whoever does not find a chair to
sit on goes to the center and calls out another color in the same manner by saying, “I
see a beautiful rainbow, and in it I see the color _______.”
Continue to play if possible until everyone has a chance to go to the center and
call out a color.
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Songs to Sing:
You may use the songs from last week‟s lesson on Noah and the Ark, if you like.
OR, sing the following song to the tune of “Old MacDonald Had a Farm.”
Faithful Noah had an ark. Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Whoa!
And on that ark he had a bear,
Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Whoa!
With a grr grr here and a grr grr there.
Here a grr there a grr everywhere a grr grr.
Faithful Noah had an ark. Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Whoa!
And on that ark he had a dove,
Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Whoa!
With a flap flap here and a flap flap there.
Here a flap there a flap everywhere a flap flap.
Faithful Noah had an ark. Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Whoa!
And on that ark he had an elephant,
Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Whoa!
With a trump trump here and a trump trump there.
Here a trump, there a trump, everywhere a trump trump.
Faithful Noah had an ark. Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Whoa!
And on that ark he had a zebra,
Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Whoa!
With a whinny whinny here and a whinny whinny there.
Here a whinny, there a whinny everywhere a whinny whinny.
Faithful Noah had an ark. Oh yeah, Oh yeah, Whoa!
Other Resources: http://www.daniellesplace.com/rroom/html/noahpromises.cfm
Application to Real Life:
Share some animal crackers together for a snack. Then talk about today‟s story.
God saved Noah and his family and the animals. When they were all out of the ark, Noah
built an altar and worshipped God and thanked him for saving his family. Then God made
Noah a promise.
Ask the children if anyone knows what a promise is? A promise is telling someone
that you will do something. Have you ever made a promise? Did you do what you told
that person you would do and keep your word?
God ALWAYS keeps His promises. He has made many, many promises in the Bible.
On that day, God made Noah a promise and everyone else who would ever live on the
earth, even to you and me! He promised that he would never again flood the whole
earth. Then He put a rainbow in the sky and said that the rainbow would be a sign of His
promise to us. Whenever we see a rainbow appear after a storm we can remember God‟s
promise. We can also remember how important is to keep our promises too.
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Homework Ideas:
- Read at home with a grown up: Matthew 7:24-29 (The Wise Man and the Foolish
Man).
- Learn the memory verse for next week:
“The Lord is my rock.” --Psalm 18:2 (NIRV)
- Work on memorizing commandment #_____.
- Color “The Wise Man and the Foolish Man” handout (teachers print one for each
child). Return the coloring page for a sticker.
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Name: ______________________
The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
“The Lord is my rock.”
--Psalm 18:2 (NIRV)
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