This is a new song and lesson that I wrote. After the song, I created a ready to use lesson plan. This would work great for Sunday School teachers, Children’s Church leaders, Awana leaders, Homeschoolers, Road trips or just something to help bring this story to life. The lesson is ready to teach, just follow along. No extra work involved unless you want to. This could be used as a full lesson or a filler if you need 10-15 minutes or more.

STORY CLUE: 40 days-Animals-Floating Home.  What Bible story are we going to learn about today?

Lyrics: These can be used to teach the children the song or can be used as a bible story for younger children or as a poem.

Noah’s Big Boat
V1Hey little friend, can you hear that sound? Rain is starting to fall all around
But don’t you worry, don’t you fear God’s got a plan, and it’s crystal clear
CHORUS Come aboard, come aboard Trust the One who keeps His word
Animals marching two by two God’s protection covers you
Come aboard, come aboard Adventure waits beyond that door
Safe inside while storms may roar
V2I watched him build it day by day Even when folks would laugh and say
“Why are you building something grand When there’s no water on this land?
CHORUS Come aboard, come aboard We can trust our faithful Lord
He will keep us through each storm In His hands we are reborn
Come aboard, come aboard Tell the world what we have seen
God’s love is everything!
V3Look at all the creatures walking on board Monkeys swinging, lions roared
Giraffes so tall they have to duck their heads While little mice scurry to their beds
Lions and lambs, Eagles and doves
All creatures great and small Covered by His love
Elephants and butterflies Penguins waddling, what a sight!
Cows a mooing, lambs so sweet Making this ark complete
You counted every animal that came aboard Trusting in the promise of the Lord
Sheep and bears Chickens too Giraffes so tall They’re coming through
Forty days Forty nights But we’re together Everything’s alright
CHORUS Come aboard, come aboard Trust the One who keeps His word
Animals marching two by two God’s protection covers you
Come aboard, come aboard Adventure waits beyond that door
Safe inside while storms may roar
V4The rain has stopped, the sun breaks through A rainbow painted just for you
This floating home kept us all safe God’s promises will never break
So when the storms of life roll in Remember where you’ve always been
Safe aboard, safe aboard In the love of our great Lord

Noah’s Big Boat

Bible Story: Noah’s Ark
Scripture Passage: Genesis 6: 5-22 Genesis 7

MEMORY/ VERSE: This is the genealogy of Noah.  Noah was a just man perfect in his generations.  Noah walked with God.

The Wickedness and Judgment of Man
6 Now it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, 2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose. 3 And the Lord said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh; yet his days shall be one hundred and twenty years.” 4 There were giants on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. 5 Then the Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 6 And the Lord was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. 7 So the Lord said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

Noah Pleases God
9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God. 10 And Noah begot three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. 12 So God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.

The Ark Prepared
13 And God said to Noah, “The end of all flesh has come before Me, for the earth is filled with violence through them; and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. 14 Make yourself an ark of gopherwood; make rooms in the ark and cover it inside and outside with pitch. 15 And this is how you shall make it: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. 16 You shall make a window for the ark, and you shall finish it to a cubit from above; and set the door of the ark in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. 17 And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. 18 But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall go into the ark—you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you. 19 And of every living thing of all flesh you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20 Of the birds after their kind, of animals after their kind, and of every creeping thing of the earth after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. 21 And you shall take for yourself of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to yourself; and it shall be food for you and for them.”

22 Thus Noah did; according to all that God commanded him, so he did.

The Great Flood
7 Then the Lord said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation. 2 You shall take with you seven each of every clean animal, a male and his female; two each of animals that are unclean, a male and his female; 3 also seven each of birds of the air, male and female, to keep the species alive on the face of all the earth. 4 For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made.” 5 And Noah did according to all that the Lord commanded him. 6 Noah was six hundred years old when the floodwaters were on the earth. 7 So Noah, with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives, went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. 8 Of clean animals, of animals that are unclean, of birds, and of everything that creeps on the earth, 9 two by two they went into the ark to Noah, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. 10 And it came to pass after seven days that the waters of the flood were on the earth. 11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. 12 And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. 13 On the very same day Noah and Noah’s sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and Noah’s wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark— 14 they and every beast after its kind, all cattle after their kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, every bird of every sort. 15 And they went into the ark to Noah, two by two, of all flesh in which is the breath of life. 16 So those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him; and the Lord shut him in.

17 Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters prevailed and greatly increased on the earth, and the ark moved about on the surface of the waters. 19 And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth, and all the high hills under the whole heaven were covered. 20 The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered. 21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth: birds and cattle and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man. 22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, all that was on the dry land, died. 23 So He destroyed all living things which were on the face of the ground: both man and cattle, creeping thing and bird of the air. They were destroyed from the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark remained alive. 24 And the waters prevailed on the earth one hundred and fifty days.

QUESTIONS:
1. How long did it rain? 40 days and nights Genesis 7:12
2. How many people were saved in the ark? 8 Genesis 7:7 Noah’s wife and their 3 sons and their wives.
3. Why did God destroy the earth? Men had become wicked Genesis 6:5
4. Why was Noah and his family spared from the flood by God? Noah walked with God Genesis 6:9
FILL IN THE BLANK
Thus, Noah did according to _________(all) that God had commanded him, so he did. Genesis 6:22
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE (FUN FACTS)
*# of men mentioned in the bible named Noah 1
*# of women mentioned in the bible named Noah 1
*Noah’s name means “rest”
*Noah spent 100 years building the ark
*Noah was approximately 500 years when he started building the ark
*He was approximately 600 years old when the flood came.
*He lived to be 950 years old- His grandfather was Methuselah (969 yrs old)
*Noah has a wife (her name is not mentioned in scripture), 3 sons( Shem-Ham-Japheth)
*They lived on the ark for approximately 1 year waiting on the waters to dry up.
*Size of the Ark: 450 feet long and 75 feet wide and 3 stories high
*Length of the Ark was about the length of 1 ½ football fields
*The ark was made of Gopher wood, which is similar to Cypress wood, Noah sealed the ark with pitch a tar like substance .
*The Ark had no way to steer so they just floated.
DISCUSSION POINTS
*What do you think it means to walk with God as Noah did?
*What do you think life was like on the ark?

SUGGESTED ACTIVITY: Game is played like “I Spy” “I am thinking of an animal that was in Noah’s Big Boat that…….    Have kids take turns.

STORY CLUE REVIEW: OK kids, now that we have finished the lesson, does the Story Clues make sense?  Can anyone explain the Clues and why those clues were given. (40 days-animals-floating home)

Does anyone have any questions about the story?

Sources: The Woman’s Study Bible 2nd ed., Who’s Who and Where’s where in the Bible (Stephen Miller), The Essential Bible Companian (Walton-Strauss-Cooper), The Ultimate Bible Character Guide (Gina Detwiller), The Ultimate Infographic Guide to the Bible (Joseph Holden)

Song written by Robin McMullen Produced by AI program (Suno.com) (AITubo.com)