PRIMARY 6 LESSON 8 NOAH AND THE FLOOD
CLASSROOM PREP
Put up NOAH after ENOCH on your Old Testament Prophet Timeline.
Put up an image of Russell M Nelson on the board or have it on a laptop etc.
Put up the image of Noah from the Primary Manual artwork
Blue tablecloth and “ark” for the table (Lego, Fisher Price Little People, paper, etc.)
Adapted from many versions online
Have an orange (probably any size would work) and a bowl or container of water.
You can use a bowl/water from your church’s kitchen or you could bring a bowl and a full water bottle.
Ask your class if they think it will sink or float if you put it in the water, but don’t tell them what will happen.
Put it in and remark on how it floats.
Take it out and write LISTEN OBEY BELIEVE on it in sharpie all around the orange.
Show that it floats again.
Now peel off the skin - taking off those protective words with it.
Ask them if they think it will sink or float now?
Put it in the water and remark on how it sinks!
Listening, obeying, and believing in our prophet will protect us!
Without, we will sink.
Which is the hardest for you?
What motivates you to want to obey a rule?
Think of a rule you don’t really like - what makes you still follow it?
What makes listening hard? Or obeying?
If you believe that a prophet, leader, bishop, etc. is a man of God, does it make believing their words easier?
If you don’t want to listen, obey, or believe, what can you do about it?
When did you feel believing/obeying/listening (to prophets, leaders, God) protecting you?
Let this discussion continue for 5-10 minutes if it’s reverent, respectful, and on topic.
VIDEO: OBEDIENCE
Hand out one piece of paper per kid and a pencil or pen
Tell them that this video is a great depiction of the importance of following the prophet, obedience, listening, and believing!
When they’re watching, you want them to take notes -- write single words or phrases
After the video, discuss their notes and how they can apply those concepts in their notes in their daily lives.
LESSON: NOAH & SAY IT OR SPRAY IT
Heavenly Father wants us to be safe from the evils and temptations of the world.
He has given us someone to warn us and to teach us! President Nelson
Today, we’re going to be talking about Noah!
And guess what, we’re in the middle of the rain storm!
So we have a spray bottle (have a spray bottle of water set to “mist”)
You could also have some rainstorm music playing on a laptop in the background
I’m going to have you guess the missing word or answer questions.
If you get it right, you get the umbrella as a protection from the rain!
If you get it wrong, you’ll get some rain on you! Be sure to only lightly mist them in an area where they want to be sprayed, let them pick, you don’t want sad or upset kids!
So Noah.
He was a descendent of Adam and Enoch, same family line!
He was obedient and he listened and he believed - and he and his family were blessed.
Now have them take turns answer questions - have them come to the front one by one, answer the question, if they get it right then they get the open umbrella to protect themselves while you lightly and respectfully mist them!
At the end, discuss the protection of the umbrella = protection following the Prophet provides.
Scripture references are given so you can adapt this to include reading the scriptures.
Ask your class if they think it will sink or float if you put it in the water, but don’t tell them what will happen.
Put it in and remark on how it floats.
Take it out and write LISTEN OBEY BELIEVE on it in sharpie all around the orange.
Show that it floats again.
Now peel off the skin - taking off those protective words with it.
Ask them if they think it will sink or float now?
Put it in the water and remark on how it sinks!
Listening, obeying, and believing in our prophet will protect us!
Without, we will sink.
OPENING DISCUSSION
Facilitate an open discussion to hear their thoughts and get their minds working on the topic.
Tell me about listening, obeying, and believing.
You can have the sign ideas from the manual on display for this if you’d like.
Or have photos or hand drawn versions of road signs as examples of things you listen to and obey.
Discussion question ideas, if needed:
Which is the hardest for you?
What motivates you to want to obey a rule?
Think of a rule you don’t really like - what makes you still follow it?
What makes listening hard? Or obeying?
If you believe that a prophet, leader, bishop, etc. is a man of God, does it make believing their words easier?
If you don’t want to listen, obey, or believe, what can you do about it?
When did you feel believing/obeying/listening (to prophets, leaders, God) protecting you?
Let this discussion continue for 5-10 minutes if it’s reverent, respectful, and on topic.
VIDEO: OBEDIENCE
Hand out one piece of paper per kid and a pencil or pen
Tell them that this video is a great depiction of the importance of following the prophet, obedience, listening, and believing!
When they’re watching, you want them to take notes -- write single words or phrases
After the video, discuss their notes and how they can apply those concepts in their notes in their daily lives.
LESSON: NOAH & SAY IT OR SPRAY IT
This is a game I used to play as Primary Music Leader and have adapted to use as a teacher.
Heavenly Father wants us to be safe from the evils and temptations of the world.
He has given us someone to warn us and to teach us! President Nelson
Today, we’re going to be talking about Noah!
And guess what, we’re in the middle of the rain storm!
So we have a spray bottle (have a spray bottle of water set to “mist”)
You could also have some rainstorm music playing on a laptop in the background
I’m going to have you guess the missing word or answer questions.
If you get it right, you get the umbrella as a protection from the rain!
If you get it wrong, you’ll get some rain on you! Be sure to only lightly mist them in an area where they want to be sprayed, let them pick, you don’t want sad or upset kids!
So Noah.
He was a descendent of Adam and Enoch, same family line!
He was obedient and he listened and he believed - and he and his family were blessed.
Now have them take turns answer questions - have them come to the front one by one, answer the question, if they get it right then they get the open umbrella to protect themselves while you lightly and respectfully mist them!
At the end, discuss the protection of the umbrella = protection following the Prophet provides.
Scripture references are given so you can adapt this to include reading the scriptures.
You can also come up with different questions, more or less, etc.
1. Genesis 6:5-7 - The people were very wicked and the Lord was grieved! He wanted to destroy man and all the ______. Animals
2. Genesis 6:8-9 - Noah found grace in the eyes of the _______. Lord
He was good, and walked with God.
3. Genesis 6:13 - Noah knew that the people were ________ and the _______would be destroyed and in Moses 8 he was called upon to tell everyone to _________ - but they didn’t listen! Wicked, Earth, Repent
Don’t have a kid answer this -- read the scripture here:
Genesis 6:14-16 Noah was instructed on how to make the ark!
Read the scripture and they will ask what a cubit is, so be prepared to answer!
4. Genesis 6:17 - The Lord will bring a flood of ________ and everything will be destroyed and die! Waters
1. Genesis 6:5-7 - The people were very wicked and the Lord was grieved! He wanted to destroy man and all the ______. Animals
2. Genesis 6:8-9 - Noah found grace in the eyes of the _______. Lord
He was good, and walked with God.
3. Genesis 6:13 - Noah knew that the people were ________ and the _______would be destroyed and in Moses 8 he was called upon to tell everyone to _________ - but they didn’t listen! Wicked, Earth, Repent
Don’t have a kid answer this -- read the scripture here:
Genesis 6:14-16 Noah was instructed on how to make the ark!
Read the scripture and they will ask what a cubit is, so be prepared to answer!
4. Genesis 6:17 - The Lord will bring a flood of ________ and everything will be destroyed and die! Waters
5. Genesis 6:18-20 - He will establish a covenant with Noah and their family shall go into the ark with _____ of every living thing, male and female. Two
6. Genesis 7:4, 10, 12, 20 - A lot of rain came down! It rained for 7 days and everything was flooded and it stayed flooded for ___ days and ___ nights, even the mountains were covered! 40
Genesis 7:23 Only Noah and everyone and everything in the ark survived!
7. Genesis 8: 1, 2, 5 - God remembered Noah and the rain __________ and the water decreased. Stopped
8. Genesis 8:6-11 Noah opened the window and set forth a raven and a dove, and the dove finally came back with an _________ that indicated dry land was visible again. olive branch
9. Genesis 8:16-20 - Noah and his family could leave the ark and Noah built an _______ and showed gratitude. Altar
10. Genesis 8:21, 9:12-15 - The Lord covenanted that such a thing would not happen again, and the token of that covenant is the ________. The Lord will remember His covenant! Rainbow
Share some information you find online about President Nelson - fact, background, perhaps even a video of him speaking.
Share some of his sayings and talk about how they can make use of the concepts in their daily lives.
Challenge them to find a way to use them this upcoming week:
“As you choose to live on the Lord’s side, you are never alone.”
“When we follow Jesus Christ, we act as he would act and love as he would love.”
If it fits with the dynamics of your class, you could make a video using a phone or camera.
Have your class write something in their own words/handwriting on a piece of paper (or a whiteboard that they take turns using).
Take a photo of each of them holding their paper or the whiteboard with what they’ve written.
They should all use the same prompt, examples are:
What have I learned from Noah?
How can I be obedient to the prophet?
How am I blessed by listening to the prophet?
Take a video of them singing “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet” (make sure they know the words or have them posted.
Later intermix the footage with the photos of them with their paper or whiteboard.
Show the prompt question on the screen somehow.
This could turn out really cute!
I’m so grateful for prophets!
For Old Testament prophets that lived in ways that we can look up to.
They made good decisions, they were brave, they were obedient, they listened.
And modern-day prophets as well that we can continue to look up to, and that remind us that God still speaks to us today.
Genesis 7:23 Only Noah and everyone and everything in the ark survived!
7. Genesis 8: 1, 2, 5 - God remembered Noah and the rain __________ and the water decreased. Stopped
8. Genesis 8:6-11 Noah opened the window and set forth a raven and a dove, and the dove finally came back with an _________ that indicated dry land was visible again. olive branch
9. Genesis 8:16-20 - Noah and his family could leave the ark and Noah built an _______ and showed gratitude. Altar
10. Genesis 8:21, 9:12-15 - The Lord covenanted that such a thing would not happen again, and the token of that covenant is the ________. The Lord will remember His covenant! Rainbow
PROPHET DISCUSSION: PRESIDENT NELSON
Share some information you find online about President Nelson - fact, background, perhaps even a video of him speaking.
Share some of his sayings and talk about how they can make use of the concepts in their daily lives.
Challenge them to find a way to use them this upcoming week:
“As you choose to live on the Lord’s side, you are never alone.”
“When we follow Jesus Christ, we act as he would act and love as he would love.”
ALTERNATIVE ACTIVITY IDEA
If it fits with the dynamics of your class, you could make a video using a phone or camera.
Have your class write something in their own words/handwriting on a piece of paper (or a whiteboard that they take turns using).
Take a photo of each of them holding their paper or the whiteboard with what they’ve written.
They should all use the same prompt, examples are:
What have I learned from Noah?
How can I be obedient to the prophet?
How am I blessed by listening to the prophet?
Take a video of them singing “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet” (make sure they know the words or have them posted.
Later intermix the footage with the photos of them with their paper or whiteboard.
Show the prompt question on the screen somehow.
This could turn out really cute!
TESTIMONY/TAKE HOME IDEA
I’m so grateful for prophets!
For Old Testament prophets that lived in ways that we can look up to.
They made good decisions, they were brave, they were obedient, they listened.
And modern-day prophets as well that we can continue to look up to, and that remind us that God still speaks to us today.
Take home ideas:
- Have a nice quotation printed out by President Nelson for them, such as the “Each day is a day of decision” one at this link (or one of the many others) https://www.lds.org/media-library/images/category/president-russell-m-nelson-picture-quotes?lang=eng
- Umbrella-related
- Mini boat or perhaps instructions to make a paper boat
- If not Fast Sunday, you could give animal cookies or crackers
- Animal eraser (the puzzle kind or something else)
- Animal eraser (the puzzle kind or something else)
- Rainbow-related treat or item
