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Growing Tall Like Trees

Tall and Short

Day 110of 180
Week 22of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand the concept of height through body movement

2

Practice growing tall and crouching down small

3

Learn that God creates things of different sizes

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 104:16

“Yahweh's trees are well watered, the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted;”

— Psalm 104:16 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's care for trees and their growth

📦 Materials Needed

  • Open floor space
  • Optional: Small tree picture or toy tree
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we're going to learn about how things grow tall!

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how tall you were yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Let's talk about how trees grow from tiny seeds to big, tall trees

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God makes trees grow from small to tall
  • Some trees are short, some are very tall
  • We can grow tall like trees too!
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Have you ever seen a big tree?
  • How do trees grow?
3Activity: Tree Growing Game (6 min)
movement

Pretend to be a seed growing into a tall tree

📝 Instructions:
  1. Crouch down like a tiny seed
  2. Slowly grow taller and taller
  3. Stretch your arms like tree branches
  4. Sway gently like a tree in the wind
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help child grow with gentle guidance

Challenge: Add animal sounds or wind noises

4Closing (3 min)

Celebrate how we learned about growing tall today!

📝 Review Questions:
  • How did you grow like a tree?
  • What did God make grow?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about whole things and pieces

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning spatial concepts through movement

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use lots of enthusiasm and praise
  • Help child move if needed
  • Make it fun and playful
🤔 Common Struggles:

Staying focused for the full activity

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child attempting to grow tall and crouch down

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw a picture of a growing tree in BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Read a book about tree growth from BibleMouse Read-Aloud Library

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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