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Car Track Designs

Rolling and Spinning Art

Day 158of 180
Week 32of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Explore color mixing through rolling vehicles

2

Develop fine motor skills by guiding toy cars

3

Understand that creating art can be fun and playful

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 104:24

“Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your riches.”

— Psalm 104:24 (WEB)

Just as we create art by rolling cars, God creates beautiful things with purpose and creativity

📦 Materials Needed

  • White construction paper
  • Washable tempera paints (2-3 colors)
  • Toy cars with different wheel patterns
  • Plastic drop cloth or newspaper
  • Wet wipes for cleanup
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse art adventure! Remember how we rolled marbles yesterday? Today we're using cars to make special tracks!

💭 Review Question: What colors did we use in our marble painting?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today we'll make art by driving cars through paint. Watch how the wheels make different lines and patterns!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Cars have different wheel sizes
  • Paint helps us see where the car travels
  • We can make colorful tracks on paper
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What color car do you want to use?
  • Can you show me how a car moves?
3Activity: Car Track Painting (8 min)
hands-on

Dip car wheels in paint and roll across paper to create tracks

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put on a paint shirt or old clothes
  2. Spread paper on covered surface
  3. Choose 2-3 paint colors
  4. Dip car wheels gently in paint
  5. Roll cars to make tracks
  6. Explore different rolling directions
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps guide car's movement

Challenge: Try creating a 'road' or specific design

4Closing (3 min)

Look at all the beautiful tracks we made! God loves to see us create!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What colors did your car make?
  • How did the wheels move?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll roll balls through paint and see what happens!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This activity develops hand-eye coordination and introduces color mixing concepts

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use washable paint for easy cleanup
  • Let child explore without too much direction
  • Praise effort over perfection
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might get paint everywhere - embrace the mess!

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Excitement about creating, ability to move car purposefully

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a BibleMouse art gallery of track paintings
  • Count how many different color tracks you made

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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