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Sharing Snacks Fair

Whole and Parts

Day 115of 180
Week 23of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand the concept of a whole being divided into equal parts

2

Practice sharing items fairly between two people

3

Develop kindness and generosity through sharing

📖 Scripture Connection

Acts 4:32

“The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.”

— Acts 4:32 (WEB)

Demonstrates the biblical principle of sharing and caring for others

📦 Materials Needed

  • Crackers or small cookies
  • Plate
  • Child-safe knife or break-apart tool
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Remember how we broke playdough and folded paper yesterday? Today we'll learn about sharing!

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how you broke your playdough into parts?
2Teaching (5 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how to share things fairly

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • A whole can be divided into two equal parts
  • Sharing means giving someone else part of what you have
  • Fair sharing means everyone gets the same amount
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What does it mean to share?
  • How can we be kind when sharing?
3Activity: Cracker Sharing Challenge (6 min)
snack and sharing

Break a cracker into two equal parts and share with a friend

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take one whole cracker
  2. Carefully break the cracker in half
  3. Give one half to a friend
  4. Say 'Thank you for sharing!' to each other
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps break the cracker

Challenge: Child tries to break cracker independently

4Closing (3 min)

Review sharing and being kind

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about sharing?
  • How can we be kind to others?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play Number Detective and look for numbers 1, 2, and 3!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning basic concepts of fairness and sharing

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle guidance when helping child break items
  • Praise efforts at sharing, not just perfect results
  • Model kind sharing behavior
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may find breaking items precisely challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Attempts to divide items somewhat equally, positive interaction with sharing partner

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for sharing-themed coloring pages
  • Sing a sharing song from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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