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Fountain Flowing

Creating Our Own Music

Day 60of 180
Week 12of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Learn body motions that illustrate God's endless love

2

Practice coordinating movement with musical concepts

3

Develop joy in expressing worship through music

📖 Scripture Connection

John 4:14

“But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. But the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.”

— John 4:14 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's love as an endless, flowing fountain

📦 Materials Needed

  • Blue or light blue scarf/ribbon
  • Audio track of 'Deep and Wide'
  • World English Bible
  • Open floor space
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recall yesterday's lesson about God's love being deep and wide

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how big God's love is?
2Teaching (7 min)

Introducing fountain movement and connection to God's love

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God's love is like a fountain that never stops flowing
  • We can use our whole body to praise Him
  • Music helps us celebrate God's love
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes a fountain special?
  • How does God's love keep flowing?
3Activity: Fountain of Love Movement (8 min)
worship and movement

Create flowing movements representing God's endless love

📝 Instructions:
  1. Stand in open space
  2. Start with hands low, slowly raise them like a fountain
  3. Spread arms wide at the top
  4. Gently wave hands down like water flowing
  5. Sing 'Deep and Wide' while moving
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use slower, more exaggerated movements

Challenge: Add rhythm variations or use scarf while moving

4Closing (3 min)

Reflect on God's love and our ability to praise Him

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did our fountain movements show about God?
  • How does music help us worship?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about dancing to worship God

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Movement helps kinesthetic learners connect with musical and spiritual concepts

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Demonstrate movements before asking child to copy
  • Praise effort over perfect execution
  • Join in the movements to model enthusiasm
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might feel self-conscious about movement

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Engagement, joy, and willingness to try new motions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw a picture of a fountain in the BibleMouse Printables workbook
  • Practice fountain movements with different music styles
  • Use the BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional worship movement ideas

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