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Making Up New Verses

Same and Different

Day 150of 180
Week 30of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how to create new song verses with different emotions

2

Explore musical creativity by changing actions and feelings in a song

3

Develop confidence in musical expression

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 95:1

“Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!”

— Psalm 95:1 (WEB)

Demonstrates joy and creativity in musical expression

📦 Materials Needed

  • Favorite 'If You're Happy' song sheet
  • Stuffed animal or puppet
  • Simple musical instruments (optional)
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recall yesterday's 'Happy Song Verses' lesson by singing a familiar verse together

💭 Review Question: What actions did we do when we were happy?
2Teaching (5 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how to make up our own song verses!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Songs can have many different verses
  • We can change feelings and actions in songs
  • Music helps us express ourselves
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes you feel different emotions?
  • Can you show me a happy face? A sad face?
3Activity: Verse Creation Game (6 min)
composition play

Create new verses for 'If You're Happy' with different emotions

📝 Instructions:
  1. Start with the familiar 'If you're happy' verse
  2. Ask child to suggest a new emotion (sad, angry, excited)
  3. Create a matching action for the new emotion
  4. Sing the new verse together
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent leads, child copies actions

Challenge: Let child create entire new verse independently

4Closing (3 min)

Sing through all the verses we created

📝 Review Questions:
  • What new verses did we make?
  • What emotions did we use?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll sing about Jonah running away from God

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning emotional expression through music

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Be enthusiastic and exaggerate emotions
  • Praise all creative attempts
  • Keep the activity short and fun
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may feel shy about creating new verses

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Willingness to try new actions and sounds

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional music activities
  • Record your song creation on a smartphone to replay later

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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