Noah’s Ark - Genesis 6 - 9

Noah’s Ark - Genesis 6 - 9

After Adam and Eve left the garden, many people were born.  

The people kept doing bad things, and they forgot about God.

Except Noah.  Noah loved God.

God was sad that everyone but Noah forgot about him.

He told Noah about his plan to start over.  “Make yourself an ark,” God said. “Here’s how.”  So Noah and his family began working on the ark.

When it was done, God said, “Take your family and two of every animal into the ark.” Animals creeped, crawled, hopped and galloped onto Noah’s new boat.

After everyone was inside, the rain began to fall.  And fall.  And fall.  The ark rocked this way and that way on the rising water.

Finally, the rain stopped.  Water covered everything!  Everyone inside the ark was safe.  Noah and his family were very happy.

One day, Noah sent a dove to find land.  It flew and flew but never found any.  So it came back.  One week later, Noah sent the dove out again.  This time it brought him an olive leaf.  Noah cheered, “It must have found land!”

The ark finally came to rest on top of a mountain.  God told Noah to leave the ark.  Noah and his family praised God.  God put a beautiful rainbow in the sky.  It was a sign of his promise to never flood the whole earth again.

Discussion Questions

• Why was God sad?  Everyone except Noah forgot about God.
• What did God ask Noah to do? Build an ark
• Who did God want on the ark?   Noah’s family and two of every animal.
• It rained and rained until water covered everything.  How did they know they could come out of the ark? They sent a dove out to find dry land.  When it returned with an olive leaf they knew it was safe to leave.

Prayer

Dear God, 

Thank you for the story of Noah’s Ark. and the promise of the rainbow, that you will never flood the whole earth again.  Help us to follow your ways.  Amen 

Memory Verse

“Do not be afraid, for  I am with you.”   Genesis 26:24

Experiment: Catching a Rainbow Indoors 

Materials:

Clear glass or medium size clear jar
Water
Window Sill
Bright sunlight
White paper
Watercolor paints or crayons 

1.   Fill a glass or clear jar with water to the top. 

2.   Set the glass or jar on the window sill in bright sunlight.        

3.   The glass or jar should stick out over the ledge just a little bit. 

4.   Place a white piece of paper on the floor in front of the window 

(tape together 2 pieces to form a poster size and obtain a bigger rainbow image). 

5. A rainbow will be reflected on the paper. This will greatly depend on how bright the

sunlight is and the positioning of the class jar, so move the jar side to side on the window

sill to help the process until you see the rainbow reflected on the paper.    

6. Quickly draw lines to capture the rainbow on the piece of paper; your child can paint

 directly on the paper on the floor as the rainbow is reflected there.