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All Ways to Pray

God Hears Me Sing

Day 135of 180
Week 27of 36
15Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Understand that prayer can be expressed in different volumes

2

Practice singing prayers in whisper, normal, and joyful voices

3

Recognize that God hears all types of prayers

Psalm 95:2

Let's come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let's extol him with songs!

Psalm 95:2 (WEB)

Demonstrates different ways of approaching God in prayer through music

📦 Materials Needed

  • Quiet background music
  • Prayer journal (from BibleMouse Resource Guide)
  • Soft pillow or cushion

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse music lesson! Remember how yesterday we learned about singing prayers in a normal voice?

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how we sang our prayer yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today, we'll learn that God hears us no matter how softly or loudly we sing!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Sometimes we can whisper to God
  • Sometimes we can sing normally
  • Sometimes we can sing with big, happy voices
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think God feels when you sing to Him?
  • Can you show me a whisper voice?
3Activity: Prayer Voice Adventure (6 min)
worship medley

Sing a simple prayer song using three different volumes

📝 Instructions:
  1. Sit on your soft cushion
  2. Whisper the first verse very quietly
  3. Sing the second verse in a normal voice
  4. Sing the final verse with a big, happy voice
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just do two different voice volumes

Challenge: Add hand motions to each volume level

4Closing (3 min)

Review our different prayer singing voices

📝 Review Questions:
  • What different ways did we sing today?
  • Does God hear us when we whisper?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll sing about bright things God made!

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning that communication can happen in multiple ways

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Be patient with voice variations
  • Demonstrate each volume level clearly
  • Praise effort over perfection
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might get loud or lose focus quickly

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Attempts to change voice volume, engagement with activity

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for prayer voice coloring page
  • Record child singing in different volumes to share with family

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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