📖

Singing Our Choices

Loud and Soft Sounds

Day 15of 180
Week 3of 36
20Minutes
← Day 14Day 15 of 180Day 16 →
🖨️ Download Worksheet (PDF)
🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Demonstrate understanding of loud and soft musical dynamics

2

Sing 'Oh Be Careful Little Eyes' with dynamic variety

3

Recognize that God cares about our choices

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 3:5-6

“Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don't lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

— Proverbs 3:5-6 (WEB)

Connects lesson's theme of making good choices by trusting God's guidance

📦 Materials Needed

  • BibleMouse Song Collection audio track
  • Scarves or ribbons
  • World English Bible
  • Shakers or rhythm instruments
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Greet children with BibleMouse song and quick review of previous day's lesson about listening carefully

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about how we use our ears yesterday?
2Teaching (7 min)

Discuss how our choices matter to God, just like how we can sing softly or loudly

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God wants us to make good choices
  • Our ears and eyes can help us choose wisely
  • Jesus cares about what we listen to and watch
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What are some good choices we can make?
  • How can we use our ears to honor God?
3Activity: Dynamic Praise Singing (8 min)
worship and discussion

Sing 'Oh Be Careful Little Eyes' with varying volumes, using scarves to represent sound levels

📝 Instructions:
  1. Sing softly when holding scarf low
  2. Sing loudly when lifting scarf high
  3. Listen carefully to the music and follow the dynamic changes
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent guides child's scarf movement

Challenge: Child leads family in dynamic singing

4Closing (3 min)

Recap lesson about making good choices and using our voices

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about singing today?
  • How can we make choices that make Jesus happy?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore fast and slow music with a fun race game!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Kindergarteners are learning self-regulation and making intentional choices

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, encouraging language
  • Demonstrate dynamic singing enthusiastically
  • Praise effort over perfect performance
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may have difficulty controlling volume consistently

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and attempt to follow musical instructions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a BibleMouse 'Good Choices' sticker chart
  • Practice dynamic singing with other familiar songs
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for choice-related coloring pages

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

Continue to Day 16 →Back to Music