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God's Round Sun

Circles Everywhere

Day 11of 180
Week 3of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize and identify circular shapes

2

Point to and trace circular objects

3

Appreciate God's creative design in circular forms

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 136:7

“To him who made the great lights, for his loving kindness endures forever:”

— Psalm 136:7 (WEB)

Highlights God's creation of the sun, connecting the lesson's focus on circles to divine design

📦 Materials Needed

  • Paper plate
  • Yellow and orange crayons
  • Circular stickers
  • Flashlight
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we're exploring God's wonderful circles! Remember how we counted yesterday? Now we'll find special round shapes!

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

Let's discover circles in God's amazing world! The sun is a big, beautiful circle that God created to give us light.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Look at this paper plate - it's a perfect circle!
  • The sun in the sky is a giant circle of light
  • Circles are everywhere God made things
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What round things can you see?
  • Can you make a circle with your arms?
3Activity: Sunshine Circle Hunt (6 min)
hands-on exploration

Use a flashlight to trace circles and find round objects around the room

📝 Instructions:
  1. Shine the flashlight on round things
  2. Trace the circle with your finger
  3. Count how many circles you find
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help child point to circles

Challenge: Draw circles of different sizes

4Closing (3 min)

We found so many circles today! God made such amazing round things!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What round thing did you like best?
  • Can you make a circle shape?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll go on a circle hunt around our home!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning shape recognition through play and exploration

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use lots of enthusiasm
  • Let child explore freely
  • Praise all attempts at learning
🤔 Common Struggles:

Staying focused for full 15 minutes

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Ability to point to and trace circular shapes

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a circle collage with stickers
  • Read BibleMouse shape book about circles

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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