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Peaceful Music

Music Makes Me Feel

Day 162of 180
Week 33of 36
15Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Recognize and demonstrate peaceful movements

2

Sing a simple, calm song

3

Experience God's peace through music

Philippians 4:7

And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:7 (WEB)

Demonstrates how God's peace can calm our hearts, just like peaceful music soothes our emotions

📦 Materials Needed

  • Blue scarf
  • Soft background music
  • Emotion faces printable (from BibleMouse Printables Library)

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recall yesterday's happy music lesson and introduce today's peaceful theme

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how you moved during happy music yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Exploring peaceful music and calm movements

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Music can help us feel calm and peaceful
  • God gives us peace like a gentle river
  • We can use our bodies to show peaceful feelings
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes you feel calm?
  • How does peaceful music sound?
3Activity: River of Peace Movement (6 min)
peaceful singing

Use blue scarf to demonstrate flowing, peaceful movements

📝 Instructions:
  1. Hold blue scarf gently
  2. Move scarf slowly like a calm river
  3. Sing softly 'God's peace is flowing like a river'
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child move scarf

Challenge: Child creates own peaceful river movements

4Closing (3 min)

Review peaceful music concepts

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we learn about peaceful music?
  • How can music help us feel calm?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore excited music and energetic movements!

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning to connect emotions with music and movement

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, slow movements
  • Demonstrate peaceful expressions
  • Praise child's calm attempts
🤔 Common Struggles:

Maintaining calm and focused movements

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Soft movements, engaged listening

Extension Activities

  • Create a calm-down playlist in BibleMouse Song Collection
  • Practice peaceful breathing with music

Ready for Tomorrow?

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