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Yellow Sunshine

Rainbow Colors

Day 24of 180
Week 5of 36
30Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify yellow as a bright, warm color

2

Create a painting using yellow paint

3

Recognize God's joy and brightness through yellow objects

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 118:24

“This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.”

— Psalm 118:24 (WEB)

Yellow represents joy and brightness, just like this verse celebrates God's daily gift of joy

📦 Materials Needed

  • Yellow tempera paint
  • White paper
  • Paintbrushes
  • Water cup
  • Paper towels
  • BibleMouse color wheel poster
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse art adventure! Let's talk about the sunny color yellow.

💭 Review Question: What yellow things did you see yesterday?
2Teaching (10 min)

Yellow is a bright, happy color that reminds us of sunshine, flowers, and God's joy!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Yellow is warm like the sun
  • Bananas, lemons, and daffodils are yellow
  • Yellow makes us feel happy
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What yellow things do you see around you?
  • How does yellow make you feel?
3Activity: Sunshine Painting (12 min)
hands-on painting

Create a bright yellow painting celebrating God's beautiful world

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put on your painting smock
  2. Take a white paper and yellow paint
  3. Paint a big sunshine in the center
  4. Add yellow flowers or yellow objects around your sun
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Trace a sun outline first

Challenge: Add details like rays and texture

4Closing (3 min)

Let's celebrate our yellow paintings and thank God for bright colors!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What yellow things did you paint?
  • Why do you think God made yellow so bright?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore beautiful blue in our BibleMouse art adventure!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Yellow represents joy, light, and warmth in many cultures and in Scripture

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Protect work surfaces with newspapers
  • Encourage creativity, not perfection
  • Talk about colors as God's wonderful creation
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children might mix colors accidentally or get paint everywhere

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about creating, ability to identify yellow

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Take a yellow nature walk
  • Read BibleMouse color storybooks about yellow
  • Create a yellow collage from magazine pictures

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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