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The Sun Gives Us Day

Day and Night

Day 122of 180
Week 25of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that daytime occurs when our part of Earth faces the sun

2

Demonstrate how the Earth's rotation creates day and night

3

Appreciate God's design in creating light and darkness

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:14

“God said, 'Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to divide the day from the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years.'”

— Genesis 1:14 (WEB)

Highlights God's intentional design of day and night cycles

📦 Materials Needed

  • Globe
  • Flashlight
  • BibleMouse Science Journal
  • Colored stickers
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recap yesterday's lesson about God creating day and night

💭 Review Question: What did God do on the first day of creation?
2Teaching (8 min)

Exploring how the sun creates daytime

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • The sun is like a big, bright flashlight in space
  • When our part of Earth faces the sun, we have day
  • When we turn away from the sun, we have night
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you like to do during the daytime?
  • How does the sun help plants and animals?
3Activity: Sun and Earth Rotation Game (10 min)
hands-on

Demonstrate day and night using globe and flashlight

📝 Instructions:
  1. Hold globe steady
  2. Shine flashlight on one side of globe
  3. Slowly rotate globe to show day and night
  4. Mark 'day' side with yellow sticker, 'night' side with blue
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent does rotation, child observes

Challenge: Child explains rotation process

4Closing (3 min)

Review sun's role in creating daytime

📝 Review Questions:
  • What makes daytime happen?
  • Who created the sun?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how the moon lights the night

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children learn best through physical demonstration

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Move slowly during globe demonstration
  • Use enthusiastic, clear language
  • Encourage child's curiosity
🤔 Common Struggles:

Understanding Earth's rotation can be abstract

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and basic comprehension of sun's role

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw a picture in BibleMouse Science Journal
  • Sing BibleMouse 'Day and Night' song
  • Look at sun and moon pictures from Resource Guide

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