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Drawing Tall Buildings

Buildings and Cities

Day 152of 180
Week 31of 36
30Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify basic geometric shapes in buildings

2

Draw a tall building with windows and doors

3

Practice following step-by-step drawing instructions

📖 Scripture Connection

Nehemiah 2:20

“Then I answered them, 'The God of heaven will give us success, and we, his servants, will start building, but you have no portion, right, or memorial in Jerusalem.'”

— Nehemiah 2:20 (WEB)

Connects building theme with God's plans and construction

📦 Materials Needed

  • White drawing paper
  • Crayons or markers
  • Ruler
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade K Art
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how to draw tall buildings like the ones Nehemiah helped build in Jerusalem!

💭 Review Question: What shapes did we learn about in yesterday's lesson?
2Teaching (10 min)

Buildings are made of simple shapes. Let's learn how to draw a tall building step by step!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Tall buildings start with a rectangle
  • Add windows using smaller rectangles
  • Draw a door at the bottom
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What buildings have you seen that are very tall?
  • Can you count how many windows your building might have?
3Activity: Build a Building Drawing (12 min)
hands-on practice

Follow along to draw a tall building using simple shapes

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a tall rectangle for the building
  2. Use ruler to make straight lines
  3. Add small rectangles for windows
  4. Draw a door at the bottom
  5. Color your building
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Trace building shapes with parent help

Challenge: Add details like roof, flags, or surrounding landscape

4Closing (3 min)

Let's share our building drawings and remember how God helps us build amazing things!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What shapes did we use?
  • What was your favorite part of drawing?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll design our very own dream building!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Kindergarteners are learning spatial awareness and basic shape recognition

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Guide hands gently if needed
  • Praise effort over perfection
  • Use ruler to demonstrate straight lines
🤔 Common Struggles:

Maintaining straight lines and consistent shapes

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enjoyment of drawing, ability to follow multi-step instructions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Take a walk to observe local buildings
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional building worksheets

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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