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Animal Counting Parade

Counting Songs and Rhymes

Day 10of 180
Week 2of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Count objects and movements to 5

2

Imitate animal movements

3

Practice listening and following instructions

📖 Scripture Connection

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)

Celebrates God's creation of animals and teaches appreciation for counting His diverse creatures

📦 Materials Needed

  • Open floor space
  • Stuffed animal or toy animal (optional)
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK3 Math
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse math adventure! Let's remember how we counted claps and stomps yesterday.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how many claps we did yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today we're going to count like different animals! God made so many wonderful creatures, and we can count them.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Animals move in special ways
  • We can count while moving
  • God loves each creature He made
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What animal do you want to move like?
  • How many steps can you take?
3Activity: Animal Counting March (6 min)
movement and song

March and count like different animals

📝 Instructions:
  1. Choose an animal (frog, bunny, elephant)
  2. Move like that animal
  3. Count your movements to 5
  4. Say each number as you move
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent demonstrates and helps child count

Challenge: Child chooses and demonstrates animal movement

4Closing (3 min)

Let's review our animal counting adventure!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What animals did we move like?
  • How high did we count?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore round shapes like the sun God created!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children learn through playful movement and repetition

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Be enthusiastic and encouraging
  • Help child count if they struggle
  • Praise effort, not just accuracy
🤔 Common Struggles:

Staying focused and remembering number sequence

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child attempting to count and move

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library animal counting sheets
  • Draw pictures of animals counted in BibleMouse sketchbook

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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