Kiddie Korral
Noah's Ark
Lesson 7
Leaving the Ark
 
Remember last week the birds let Noah know that the waters had finally gone down.  Let's see what happens today.  Our Bible reading is from Genesis 8:15-19:
 
Genesis 8:15-19  "And God spake unto Noah, saying,  Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.  Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth.  And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:  Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark."
 

                                      


Just as God told them to come into the ark, now He is telling them that it is finally time to leave the ark!  Can you imagine the whooping and hollering that went on?  I can just hear the "Yahoooooooo!" that might have been heard from one of Noah's sons.  I imagine everyone was very excited (and maybe a little scared) to leave the ark.  They had been in the ark for over a year and that is a long time to be stuck in an ark with lions and tigers and bears!  The animals were surely ready for the room to roam, too.


Help the animals return to their proper homes:


1.  squirrel



2.  duck

3.  frog                                                   rivers, lakes



4.  owl



5.  deer



6.  alligator

7.  bear                                                  forests, trees



8.  spider



9.  wolf



10.  beaver
 

                                            


Fun project time!

God made special homes for every animal He made.  These homes are called habitats.  Ask your mom or dad nicely if you can have some more magazines to cut up.  This time you are looking for animals.  Then ask for 4 sheets of paper to separate the animals.  Use one paper for desert/grasslands animals, one for animals that live in forests, one for ocean animals and one for arctic animals.  Then glue the animals to the correct paper and write what habitat you are showing on that paper.
 
                                   

Think about this!
 
Noah and his family lived on the ark for over a year with scary animals like lions and tigers.  How do you suppose they lived during that time?
 Read this verse: Daniel 6:22  "My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt."

Do you think that God might have done something like that to the animals on the ark so they would not harm Noah and his family?

Weekly challenge:
Noah and his family must have learned to be very kind to each other on the ark, or the time spent together would have not been fun at all.  This week please practice being extra nice to your family and friends.  Not just to remember your "please" and "thank you" but other things, too.  For example, let your mom know that you love her dinners; give your dad a hug for playing with you; do your chores without being asked and share a toy that you know your friend loves.  See how many of these 'acts of kindness' you can do this week!  Have a good attitude at the same time!

                              
Memory verse for the week:

 
(Genesis 8:18)  And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him:



 Next week's lesson we will be learning about some changes that will happen to Noah and his family.