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Music Tells a Story

Singing with Expression

Day 26of 180
Week 6of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how music can express different emotions

2

Identify emotional qualities in musical pieces

3

Develop listening skills and emotional awareness through music

📖 Scripture Connection

1 Samuel 16:23

“Whenever the harmful spirit from God came on Saul, David would take the harp and play it. Saul would feel relief, and the harmful spirit would depart from him.”

— 1 Samuel 16:23 (WEB)

Demonstrates how music can express emotions and bring comfort

📦 Materials Needed

  • Expression vocabulary cards
  • Audio player
  • Emotion faces printout
  • World English Bible
  • Notebook and pencil
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse music adventure! Last time we played Hot Cross Buns, now we'll explore how music tells stories.

💭 Review Question: Can you remember the three notes we learned in Hot Cross Buns?
2Teaching (8 min)

Music is like a language that speaks through sounds and feelings

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Music can make us feel happy, sad, excited, or calm
  • Different sounds create different emotions
  • Musicians use music to tell stories without words
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What kinds of music make you feel happy?
  • How does a sad song sound different from a happy song?
3Activity: Musical Emotion Journey (10 min)
listening and emotion mapping

Listen to different musical pieces and identify emotions

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put on different musical excerpts
  2. Use emotion faces to show what you feel
  3. Draw or write about the 'story' the music tells
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use fewer musical pieces

Challenge: Create a short musical story using emotions

4Closing (3 min)

Review how music can express feelings, just like David's music comforted King Saul

📝 Review Questions:
  • What emotions did you hear in the music?
  • How can music help us understand feelings?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore how changing tempo changes a song's mood

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children are developing emotional intelligence through music

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Be patient and encourage creative responses
  • Use BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional musical examples
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it challenging to articulate complex emotions

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Engagement, emotional awareness, creative interpretation

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a simple emotion-based musical composition
  • Use BibleMouse Song Collection to explore worship music emotions

Ready for Tomorrow?

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