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High and Low Like Birds

Finding My Music Voice

Day 2of 180
Week 1of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Distinguish between high and low sounds

2

Imitate animal sounds at different pitch levels

3

Develop listening and vocal exploration skills

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 96:1

“Sing to Yahweh a new song! Sing to Yahweh, all the earth!”

— Psalm 96:1 (WEB)

Celebrates the joy of using our voices to make music and praise God

📦 Materials Needed

  • Stuffed animals
  • Hand mirror
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide for PK3 Music
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recall yesterday's lesson about different ways we use our voices

💭 Review Question: Can you remember how we used our voices yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Exploring high and low sounds like different birds

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Some birds make high squeaky sounds
  • Other birds make low, deep sounds
  • Our voices can make different sounds too!
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What bird sounds do you know?
  • Can you make a high bird sound?
3Activity: Bird Voice Sing-Along (6 min)
imitation game

Imitate different bird sounds using high and low pitches

📝 Instructions:
  1. Use stuffed animals to demonstrate different bird sounds
  2. Encourage child to copy high and low bird sounds
  3. Use hand mirror to show mouth movements
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent demonstrates sounds first

Challenge: Child creates own bird sound variations

4Closing (3 min)

Celebrate the different sounds we can make

📝 Review Questions:
  • What high sound did you make?
  • What low sound did you make?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about our special singing voice

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are developing pitch awareness and vocal control

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Be patient and make activity playful
  • Praise all attempts at sound exploration
🤔 Common Struggles:

Difficulty distinguishing between high and low sounds

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Attempts to vary voice pitch and enthusiasm for sound play

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for bird-themed coloring pages
  • Practice bird sounds during playtime

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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