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Singing About God's Greatness

High and Low - Exploring Pitch

Day 10of 180
Week 2of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how pitch changes in music (high and low sounds)

2

Sing 'Awesome God' with expressive pitch variations

3

Recognize music as a way to worship God

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 95:1

“Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!”

— Psalm 95:1 (WEB)

Demonstrates how music can be used to praise God with joy and enthusiasm

📦 Materials Needed

  • Scarf or ribbon
  • Audio track of 'Awesome God'
  • Xylophone or bells (optional)
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Remind children about yesterday's lesson on making loud and soft sounds

💭 Review Question: Can you remember how we made different sounds yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

Introduce pitch as the 'high and low' of music, using your voice as an example

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God created music to help us praise Him
  • Our voices can make high sounds like bird chirps
  • Our voices can make low sounds like a lion's roar
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How can we use our voices to sing about God?
  • What makes 'Awesome God' a special song?
3Activity: Pitch Praise Dance (10 min)
worship

Use a scarf to show high and low sounds while singing

📝 Instructions:
  1. Lift scarf high when singing high notes
  2. Lower scarf when singing low notes
  3. Move gently to match the song's rhythm
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child move scarf

Challenge: Child creates their own movement pattern

4Closing (3 min)

Recap how we can use music to praise God

📝 Review Questions:
  • What are high sounds?
  • What are low sounds?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about keeping a steady beat like a heartbeat

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Pitch is about how high or low a sound is in music

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use your own voice to demonstrate high and low sounds
  • Be enthusiastic to keep child engaged
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to distinguish between pitch and volume

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to move scarf with song's pitch changes

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for pitch-related coloring sheets
  • Practice pitch changes with simple instrument like xylophone

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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