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All Emotions to God

Happy and Sad in Music

Day 50of 180
Week 10of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God welcomes all our emotions in worship

2

Express different emotions through simple musical sounds

3

Learn that it's okay to bring our feelings to God

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 62:8

“Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.”

— Psalm 62:8 (WEB)

Shows that we can bring ALL our emotions to God, just like in our music lesson

📦 Materials Needed

  • Emotion cards
  • Simple percussion instruments (tambourine, shaker, or homemade noise maker)
  • World English Bible
  • BibleMouse Music Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse music adventure! Yesterday we learned about clapping and joy, and today we'll explore how ALL our feelings matter to God.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me a happy face? A sad face?
2Teaching (7 min)

God loves to hear from us - whether we're feeling happy, sad, excited, or even a little worried. Just like we can use different sounds in music, we can use different feelings in our worship.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God wants to hear our heart's true feelings
  • Music can help us express how we feel
  • It's okay to bring ALL our emotions to God
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes you feel happy?
  • What makes you feel sad?
  • How can we talk to God about our feelings?
3Activity: Emotion Sound Worship (8 min)
worship and discussion

Create musical sounds that match different emotions using simple instruments

📝 Instructions:
  1. Pick an emotion card
  2. Make a sound that matches that feeling
  3. Share how that sound makes you feel
  4. Pray and tell God about that feeling
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child choose and make sounds

Challenge: Child creates own emotional sound story

4Closing (3 min)

Gentle prayer thanking God that He loves us in ALL our feelings

📝 Review Questions:
  • What feelings did we talk about today?
  • Can God handle big feelings?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play listening games and learn how to hear music carefully!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Kindergarteners are learning emotional regulation and need safe spaces to express feelings

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Be patient with emotional exploration
  • Validate all feelings as important
  • Model healthy emotional expression
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might feel shy expressing emotions or making sounds

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's willingness to participate and share feelings

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a feelings journal with BibleMouse Printables
  • Practice drawing emotion faces
  • Sing worship songs that match different emotions

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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