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Drawing People Big and Small

My Family

Day 52of 180
Week 11of 36
30Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that people come in different sizes

2

Practice drawing people with different proportions

3

Recognize that God creates people uniquely

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 139:14

“I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.”

— Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

Celebrates how God creates each person uniquely, including different sizes and shapes

📦 Materials Needed

  • Drawing paper
  • Crayons or markers
  • Family photos (optional)
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse art lesson! Yesterday we talked about our special families, and today we'll learn how to draw family members of different sizes.

💭 Review Question: Who are the people in your family?
2Teaching (10 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll explore how people come in different sizes. Just like God made each person special, people can be tall, short, big, or small.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Adults are usually taller than children
  • Everyone looks different and that's wonderful
  • God loves variety in His creation
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Who is the tallest person in your family?
  • Who is the smallest?
3Activity: Family Size Drawing (12 min)
hands-on practice

Draw family members of different sizes, showing how people grow and change

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take your drawing paper
  2. Draw a big adult figure first
  3. Draw a smaller child next to the adult
  4. Add fun details like clothes or hair
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Draw stick figures of different heights

Challenge: Add background and details to show family interactions

4Closing (3 min)

Let's remember that God loves us all, no matter how big or small we are!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about drawing people?
  • How are people different?

Coming up: Tomorrow, we'll create a full family portrait together!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Kindergarteners are learning spatial relationships and body proportions

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage creativity over perfect drawing
  • Focus on fun and exploration
  • Praise effort, not just result
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might get frustrated if drawing doesn't look exactly like they imagine

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Willingness to try, basic understanding of different body sizes

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional drawing templates
  • Take family photos to inspire drawing

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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