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Excited Painting

Painting Our Feelings

Day 148of 180
Week 30of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize and express excitement through art

2

Use large, energetic brush strokes while painting

3

Understand that feelings can be shared through creativity

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 100:1

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

— Psalm 100:1 (WEB)

Just like making joyful noise, we can paint with excitement and energy!

📦 Materials Needed

  • Large white paper
  • Tempera paint
  • Wide paintbrushes
  • Paint smock or old shirt
  • Newspaper or plastic tablecloth
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Remind children about our painting journey this week. 'Yesterday we painted calm colors, but today we get to paint with EXCITEMENT!'

💭 Review Question: What colors made you feel calm yesterday?
2Teaching (7 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how to paint with BIG energy and BRIGHT colors!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Excited painting uses fast, big movements
  • We can use bright colors like red, yellow, and orange
  • Our brushstrokes can be big and wild!
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes you feel excited?
  • Can you show me an excited movement?
3Activity: Excited Energy Painting (8 min)
hands-on

Children will create a painting using fast, big movements to show excitement

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put on paint smock
  2. Choose 2-3 bright colors
  3. Make big, fast brush strokes
  4. Move your whole arm while painting
  5. Don't worry about staying inside lines!
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use fewer colors, provide more guidance

Challenge: Add music to paint to, encourage storytelling about painting

4Closing (3 min)

Clean up and discuss our exciting paintings

📝 Review Questions:
  • What colors did you use?
  • How did your painting show excitement?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll make a silly painting that makes us laugh!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Emotional expression through art is crucial for PK3 development

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Protect surfaces before painting
  • Focus on process, not perfect product
  • Encourage child's natural creativity
🤔 Common Struggles:

Staying within boundaries, managing paint mess

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enthusiasm, large arm movements, bright color choices

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Take photos of paintings for BibleMouse portfolio
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional art prompts

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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