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Side to Side Stripes

Making Our Mark

Day 4of 180
Week 1of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize and create horizontal lines across a page

2

Move crayon from side to side in a controlled manner

3

Appreciate God's creativity in creating patterns in nature

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 9:13

“I set my rainbow in the cloud, and it will be a sign of a covenant between me and the earth.”

— Genesis 9:13 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's beautiful horizontal stripe pattern in the rainbow

📦 Materials Needed

  • Large crayons
  • White paper
  • Construction paper (various colors)
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recall yesterday's vertical lines and preview today's horizontal lines

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how we drew lines going up and down yesterday?
2Teaching (7 min)

Introducing horizontal lines with parent guidance

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Look at stripes on a zebra
  • Notice the rainbow's horizontal lines
  • Practice moving crayon side to side
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What lines do you see around you?
  • Can you move your hand from side to side?
3Activity: Rainbow Stripes (8 min)
hands-on

Create a colorful stripe picture using horizontal lines

📝 Instructions:
  1. Choose a crayon color
  2. Move your hand from left to right
  3. Make lines across the whole paper
  4. Try different colors
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps guide child's hand

Challenge: Try making stripes of different widths

4Closing (3 min)

Show and tell about stripe drawings

📝 Review Questions:
  • What direction did we move our crayon?
  • What colors did you use?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll make a special picture using all our line skills!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Horizontal lines are a fundamental pre-writing skill

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle hand-over-hand guidance if needed
  • Praise effort over perfection
  • Make it fun and playful!
🤔 Common Struggles:

Keeping lines straight and controlled

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Intentional side-to-side motion and engagement

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional line tracing worksheets
  • Sing a BibleMouse song about God's colorful creation

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