Old Testament Unit 2: Noah Lesson 2: God Sent a Great Flood Hour B

God’s Unfolding Story Suggested

Bible Story:
1. God created everything. Schedule:   
God Sent a Great Flood
(Genesis 7:1-24) Arrival
Bible Phrase: 2. People disobeyed God. Centers – 25 minutes
Clean-up Time – 5 minutes
“God cared for Noah” 3. God chose a special people. Bible Story Time – 15 minutes
(Genesis 8:1). Craft Time – 10 minutes
Bible Truth: God cared for 4. God sent Jesus to help us. Snack Time – 10 minutes
Noah during the flood, Game Time/Dismissal
and God always cares 5. Jesus began the Church.
for me.
6. Jesus is preparing heaven for us.

Unfolding God’s Story for Teachers
The wickedness of man grieved God so much that He wanted to wipe everyone
off the face of the earth. Yet, as God looked down on the earth, He saw one
light—a man named Noah. Noah was blameless and walked with God, so he
caught God’s eye (see Gen. 6:8-9; Prov. 15:3). God revealed to Noah a divine
plan that would change the course of human history forever. He instructed Noah
to build an ark, a large ship. In Genesis 6:17-19, God made Noah a promise:
“Everything on earth will die. But I will establish My covenant with you, and you
will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives. You are also to
bring into the ark two of all the living creatures, male and female, to keep them
alive with you.” Noah believed God and built the ark.
The Bible states that Noah was 500 years old when he fathered his sons, Shem,
Ham, and Japheth (see 5:32). At some point after this, God commissioned
Noah to build the ark. Noah was 600 years of age when the flood arrived (see
7:6). The ark took a long time to build, but it was exceptionally large. With Noah
having built the ark, God gave His spokesman a seven-day advance notice of
the coming of the flood, and Noah and his family and the animals boarded the
massive boat (see vv. 4-10). God told Noah it would rain forty days and forty
nights. It may not ever have rained before; vegetation had been watered from
below the earth’s surface (see 2:6). If it never had rained, then Noah trusted God
for something he’d not yet seen or experienced. We see forty days mentioned
in other places in the Bible as well, including Exodus 24:18, Numbers 13:25,
Matthew 4:2, and Acts 1:3. God’s timing is perfect. Without doubt, God would
do a thorough job of cleansing the earth during this 40-day period, even though
it would take longer for the ark to land on dry ground.
The ark would be home to Noah and his family for many days. We might laugh
when we think of their packing. “Honey, do you really think we need to bring
your grandmother’s quilt?” Surely there was tension—but just as surely, God
guided and encouraged them. The animals entered the ark at God’s command
(see Gen. 7:15-16). This seems to suggest either that both
wild and tame animals responded to Noah’s voice and came, or that God
miraculously gathered the animals Himself and marched them in two by two!
Either way, God was in charge, and He shut the door. The days of grace were
over. Only eight people would be saved.
The ark was the only way of salvation. There was no tree or mountain high
enough, nor would human strength or ingenuity be great enough, for man to
save himself. No one can secure life on his own; it comes only on God’s terms.
God safely cocooned the human remnant in the ark built of wood—an ark
foreshadowing a wooden cross that later would pave the way for a divine offer
of eternal salvation for all mankind.
Lesson Plan
Arrival
• Greet children at eye level and express how happy
you are to see them.
• Be sure each child has a name tag and the security
measures of your church are followed.
• Label all coats and personal belongings. Strongly
encourage children who have brought items from
home, such as toys and books, to place them on a
shelf while they are working with other materials.
Assure children their items will be safe and they
can take them home at the end of the session.
• Help each child make a choice where he or she
would like to begin his or her Center Time.

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 Center Time Bible Learning Center:
Color by Number
Puzzle Center: Supplies:
Work Puzzles • Copies of Activity Page: Color by Number,
Supplies: “God Sent a Great Flood” (Reproducible)
• Offer a variety of non-fantasy • Crayons or washable markers
wooden or cardboard puzzles for the What to Do: Show children the crayons at
children to work. the bottom of the page and the numbers
What to Do: Encourage each child to they represent. Ask the children to color areas
finish a puzzle before leaving the center. Art Center:
brown marked with #1, blue marked with #2,
Offer guidance rather than working the Class Mural
and orange marked with #3.
puzzle for the child. Supplies:
Link to the Bible Story: Express to
Link to the Bible Story: As children work, • Large sheet of white butcher paper
preschoolers that in today’s Bible story,
take advantage of opportunities to say • Crayons and washable markers
God told Noah He would help bring
the Bible Phrase or to briefly tell the • Tape
the animals on the ark so they would
Bible story. What to Do: Print today’s Bible Phrase, “God cared
be safe. Comment that it must have
for Noah” Genesis 8:1, at the top of the sheet of white
been an amazing sight to see all
paper. Outline a large ark on the paper. Encourage children
the animals coming to the ark.
to color the ark and draw their favorite animals coming into
the ark.
Link to the Bible Story: As children work, talk about how
hard Noah and his sons worked to build the ark. Express
Home Living Center: that in today’s Bible story God asked Noah to bring in
Block Center:
Role Play Build with Blocks
the animals because the flood would soon come.
Supplies: Supplies:
Comment that Noah again obeyed God, and God
• Small rocking chair, sink and stove • Wooden blocks
helped Noah bring the animals into the ark. The
unit, small table and chairs; plastic • Plastic animal figures
finished mural could be taped in the Bible
dishes, child pots and pans, plastic food What to Do: Provide a small carpet if
Story Time area to be used in telling the
items; and doll items such as baby doll, doll possible. Blocks are best located in a
Bible story. Explain that the real ark was
bed, doll bag, blanket, clothes, bottles, and corner of the room away from the traffic
very large—about one and one half
diapers. flow. Encourage children to build an ark
football fields long!
What to Do: Provide home living items. These with the blocks and to put animals in the ark.
will encourage children to role play home activities Link to the Bible Story: As children build, listen
such as cooking, cleaning, and caring for the baby. for opportunities to share the Bible Phrase or
Link to the Bible Story: As children play, look for to tell a part of the Bible story.
opportunities to engage in conversations about
the Bible story, Bible Phrase, or Bible truth.

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 Clean-up Time
Encourage thunderstorm. Ask them how they may have felt
preschoolers to during a storm. Express the following in your
help at clean-up time. own words: “Today’s story is about a rainstorm
Assign specific tasks for and a big flood that lasted a very long time.
preschoolers to do such as Last week in our Bible story we heard about
a man named Noah. God had asked Noah
placing all the crayons in the
to build an ark, which is a large boat. Does
basket, throwing away the trash, anyone remember why God asked Noah to
gathering all the glue sticks, build a boat?” (God was going to send a flood
etc. Guide children to the to destroy the whole earth because people
Bible Story Time area. no longer obeyed Him.) “Let’s listen to what
happened when the ark was finished.”
Bible Bible Story
trotting up! Finally, Noah and his family entered
the ark because the floodwaters would be coming
soon! When all the people and animals were
inside, God closed the big door. Noah and his
family would experience something they never
before had experienced. Still, Noah knew God
was with them.
The rains began to fall gently and puddles
began to form. Soon the rain came down harder,
and the puddles got bigger and deeper. Finally,
no ground could be seen. It rained very, very
hard. It rained every day and night for forty days.
The whole earth was covered in water. The ark
began to rise, and the floodwaters tossed it

Story Time God Sent a Great Flood (Genesis 7:1-24)

Supplies:
• Bible • Teaching Picture
“God Sent a Great Flood”
(Reproducible)
• God’s Unfolding Story Cube
(Reproducible/Cardstock)
Introduction
• Show the God’s Unfolding Story Cube. Express
to the boys and girls even though there are
many stories in the Bible, all these are a part
of one big story we will call God’s Unfolding
Story. Tell children that each picture on the cube
represents a part of God’s Unfolding Story. Turn
the cube and talk about each point in the story.
(Refer to page 1.) Express that every story in the
Bible is from one of the main points in God’s
Unfolding Story. Today’s story is from the second
point; People Disobeyed God.
• Ask preschoolers if they’ve ever been in a
After Noah and his sons built the ark, God said to
Noah, “In seven days the rains will begin. Go into
the ark along with your family. Take two of every
kind of animal with you on the ark.” The Bible
says Noah obeyed God.
Noah placed all the food for his family and for
the animals on the ark just as God had told him. It
must have taken a lot of planning and hard work
to get all the food they would need. Still, God
helped Noah and his family so that they would
have everything they would need. The ark was
very big, but it was just the right size for Noah, his
wife, his sons and their wives, and all the animals.
God sent the animals to the ark, and Noah
and his sons guided them to their new homes.
Perhaps the small animals like rabbits, chipmunks,
and squirrels hopped on first. Then dogs, cats,
pigs, and lambs scurried up the ramp. Birds of all
kinds—including ducks, chickens, and geese—
squawked into the large ship. Then maybe larger
animals like the lions, tigers, and bears found their
places to rest. Think of the largest animals like
the elephants and rhinoceroses, making their way
to the ark; and the giraffes, zebras, and horses
about—but the ark floated, and God kept Noah,
his family, and the animals safe and warm inside,
just as He had promised.
Talk Time
1. Show the teaching picture for today’s Bible
story. Here are some questions you might ask.
“Why was the ark so big? Who helped Noah to
get the animals on the ark? How would Noah
and his family get food? Who kept Noah, his
family, and the animals safe during the flood?”
2. Say today’s Bible Phrase together: “God
cared for Noah” (Genesis 8:1). Express to
children that when God asked Noah to build
the ark, God told Noah He would take care of
him and his family. Comment that God always
keeps His promises. Assure the boys and girls
that God cares for each of them as well.
3. Close the Bible Story Time in prayer, thanking
God that Noah really lived and that God’s
care for Noah and his family gives greater
understanding about God’s love for each
person today.

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 Craft Time
Bible Phrase Wind Sock
Supplies:
• Copies of “Bible Phrase Wind Sock” • Crayons or washable markers
– (1 per child) • Glue, tape
What to Do: Cut apart the windsocks, strips, and handles. It may be helpful to
show children a completed windsock. Give each child a windsock to color along
with four strips and a handle. After each child has finished coloring, ask each Snack Time
one to glue or tape his or her strips to hang from the bottom of the windsock. Be sure to wash hands or use
Next assist children with making cylinders with their windsocks and taping them hand sanitizer. Say a thank-you
to secure them. Last, attach handles with tape. Show children how to hold a prayer to God for the snack.
windsock and twirl it around so the air makes the strips move. When snack time has ended,
Link to Bible Story: As children work, read the Bible Phrase on the windsock. encourage preschoolers to
Remind children how God showed His love and care for Noah by giving him help with cleaning up.
safety on the ark. Talk about Noah’s responsibility of taking care of the animals.
Discuss the kind of care Noah and his family had to provide, as well as the kinds
of food the animals may have eaten.

Game Time/Dismissal
Animal Color Match
Supplies:
• Four different colors of construction paper that • Teaching picture,
match the colors in today’s teaching picture (1 “God Sent a Great Flood”
sheet of each color: brown, green, blue, yellow) • CD player and children’s CD music
• Small paper sack
What to Do: Cut each piece of construction paper into fourths and place them inside the
paper bag. Ask children to join you in a circle in the Game Time area. Place the teaching
picture on the floor in the middle of the circle. Explain to children that as you play the
music they will pass around the paper bag. Inside the bag are squares of different colors of
construction paper. Explain that at some point the music will stop, and the child holding the
bag will reach inside and draw out a colored square. He or she is to look at the teaching
picture and name an animal or object that matches the color of the square.
At the close of the activity, remind boys and girls that God cared for Noah and all the
animals on the ark.
Dismiss children when parents arrive. Be sure to follow your church’s security
guidelines.

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Resources and Supplies Old Testament Unit 2: Noah

Lesson 2: God Sent a Great Flood

Standard Art Supplies Standard Equipment

(Supplies that are generally in the room) (Equipment that is generally in the room)
Washable markers Bible
Crayons Small beanbag for Bible Story Time
Child scissors Assorted wooden/cardboard puzzles
Playdough and accessories Set of wooden blocks
Drawing paper Small cars and trucks
Easel (optional) Doll bed
Glue/glue sticks Baby doll (soft plastic)
Tempera paint, 4 colors Stove/sink unit
Tape/masking tape Play dishes/pots and pans
Pencils/colored pencils Small table and chairs
Hole punch Small carpet for block area
Teacher scissors Play food items
Stapler/staples Storage shelf for blocks
Permanent markers Tables and chairs for art, puzzles,
Watercolors and Bible Learning Center
Paintbrushes CD player/Children’s Worship CDs
Yarn

Reproducibles
(Included with the lesson plan downloads)
Activity Page: Color by Number “God Sent a Great Flood” (1 copy per child)
“Bible Phrase Windsock” (1 copy for every child )
Teaching Picture: “God Sent a Great Flood” (1 copy per class)
God’s Unfolding Story Cube (Cardstock—1 copy per class)
Parent Page (1 copy per child)

Additional Art and Bible Learning Materials

Large sheet of white butcher paper

Additional Block Materials

Plastic animal figures

Additional Game Time Materials

Construction paper – (1 sheet of each color: brown, green, blue, yellow)
Small paper sack

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2
1 1
2
2 1
3 3

1 brown 2 blue 3 orange

Activity Page: Color by Number “God Sent a Great Flood”
Instructions: One copy per child. Use the code at the bottom of the page OT02 Lesson 2 Hour B Bible Learning Center
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Craft Time: “Bible Phrase Windsock”
Instructions: Copy 1 sheet per child. Cut apart the windsocks, strips and handles. Color the OT02 Lesson 2 Hour B Craft Time
windsock, strips and handle. Make a cylinder with the windsock and tape. Tape or glue the God’s Unfolding Story for Older Preschoolers, Copyright © 2013 -
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strips around the bottom of the windsock. Tape or glue the handle to the top of the windsock.
 God’s Unfolding Story Cube
Instructions: Cut out on dotted
lines, fold on solid lines. Glue or
tape to form a cube.

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Coloring Page
God Sent a Great Flood OT02 Lesson 2 Optional
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