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Curvy Line Dance

Line Adventures

Day 72of 180
Week 15of 36
20Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Understand what curvy lines look like

2

Practice drawing wavy, curved lines with crayons

3

Develop fine motor skills through creative drawing

Psalm 104:24

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

Psalm 104:24 (WEB)

Just as God creates beautiful, varied lines in nature, we can create curvy lines in our art

📦 Materials Needed

  • White paper
  • Crayons
  • Optional: Soft background music

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Remind children about yesterday's straight line drawing and introduce today's curvy line adventure

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how you drew straight lines yesterday?
2Teaching (7 min)

Demonstrate how to draw curvy lines, comparing them to things in nature

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Curvy lines look like waves in the ocean
  • Curvy lines can be like a snake moving
  • Our crayon can dance and wiggle across the page!
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What things in God's world have curvy lines?
  • Can you move your hand like a curvy line?
3Activity: Curvy Line Dance (8 min)
hands-on

Children draw curvy lines across their paper, moving their crayons like they're dancing

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put your crayon on the paper
  2. Move your hand in a wiggly, wavy motion
  3. Let your crayon 'dance' across the page
  4. Use different colors if you want!
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps guide child's hand to make curvy lines

Challenge: Try making curvy lines that look like specific things (waves, snake, rainbow)

4Closing (3 min)

Show and tell - let children share their curvy line drawings

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did our lines look like today?
  • Did you have fun making your lines dance?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll make zigzag lines like lightning!

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are developing fine motor skills and learning to control drawing movements

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Praise effort over perfection
  • Let child explore and experiment
  • Use gentle guidance, not correction
🤔 Common Struggles:

Holding crayon correctly, making intentional lines

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enjoyment of drawing, attempt to make curved movements

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional line tracing worksheets
  • Listen to BibleMouse movement songs while drawing

Ready for Tomorrow?

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