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How Does It Make You Feel?

Looking at Beautiful Art

Day 28of 180
Week 6of 36
20Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Recognize different emotions in artwork

2

Use simple feeling words to describe art

3

Understand that art can express emotions

Psalm 104:1

Bless Yahweh, my soul. Yahweh my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.

Psalm 104:1 (WEB)

Shows how beauty can inspire emotions and praise

📦 Materials Needed

  • Colorful art prints
  • Feeling faces chart
  • Crayons or markers

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Let's look at some beautiful pictures today in our BibleMouse Art lesson!

💭 Review Question: What colors did we see in our last lesson?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today we're going to learn how pictures can make us feel different things!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Some pictures make us feel happy
  • Some pictures can make us feel calm
  • Art shows how the artist was feeling
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes you feel happy?
  • Can you show me a happy face?
3Activity: Feelings in Art (8 min)
discussion

Look at different art prints and talk about how they make you feel

📝 Instructions:
  1. Show each art print
  2. Ask child how the picture makes them feel
  3. Help them point to a feeling face
  4. Encourage talking about the colors and shapes
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just point to feelings on chart

Challenge: Draw a picture that shows a feeling

4Closing (3 min)

Recap our art adventure today!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What pictures did we see?
  • How did they make you feel?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll talk about our favorite parts of the artwork!

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are just beginning to identify and express emotions

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use very simple language
  • Be patient and encouraging
  • Use lots of facial expressions
🤔 Common Struggles:

Might have trouble describing complex feelings

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Any attempt to connect feelings with artwork

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library feeling faces worksheet
  • Sing a simple song about feelings from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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