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Growing and Shrinking Music

Loud and Soft Sounds

Day 13of 180
Week 3of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand and demonstrate crescendo and decrescendo in music

2

Move body to represent changing musical dynamics

3

Listen carefully and respond to musical volume changes

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 100:1

“Make a joyful noise to Yahweh, all you lands!”

— Psalm 100:1 (WEB)

Demonstrates the variety of ways we can praise God, just like music can be loud or soft

📦 Materials Needed

  • Scarves or ribbons
  • Musical instrument (optional)
  • BibleMouse music track
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Remind children about previous lessons on volume levels

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about loud and soft sounds yesterday?
2Teaching (7 min)

Introduce crescendo and decrescendo using child-friendly language

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Crescendo means getting louder, like a tiny mouse growing into a big mouse!
  • Decrescendo means getting softer, like a big sound shrinking down
  • We can use our bodies to show how music changes
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you show me a sound that starts tiny and gets big?
  • How might our praise to God change in volume?
3Activity: Growing and Shrinking Sound Game (8 min)
movement and singing

Children use scarves to represent musical dynamics

📝 Instructions:
  1. Start with scarf low and small
  2. As music gets louder, raise and expand scarf
  3. As music gets softer, lower and shrink scarf
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent leads movements explicitly

Challenge: Child leads movements independently

4Closing (3 min)

Review dynamics and praise God with varying volumes

📝 Review Questions:
  • What does crescendo mean?
  • How can we praise God loudly and softly?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn a fun song about watching what we see and hear

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Dynamics in music help express emotion and keep listeners engaged

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use exaggerated movements to help child understand
  • Make it playful and fun
  • Praise effort over perfect execution
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find synchronized movement challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Engagement, attempt to match musical changes

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Record child's movements and play back
  • Create a home 'concert' demonstrating dynamics
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for volume-related coloring sheets

Ready for Tomorrow?

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