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Big and Small Sounds

God's Love Is Big

Day 29of 180
Week 6of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand the difference between loud and soft sounds

2

Explore musical volume using voice and simple instruments

3

Recognize that God's love can be expressed in different ways

📖 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 that we can praise God with both loud and soft sounds

📦 Materials Needed

  • Wooden spoon
  • Pillow
  • Small bell or shaker
  • Tambourine or pot lid
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide for PK3 Music
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse music adventure! Yesterday we explored deep sounds, and today we'll discover big and small sounds that show God's amazing love.

💭 Review Question: Can you remember how we made deep sounds yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Let's explore how we can make big and small sounds to praise God!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Big sounds show excitement about God's love
  • Small sounds show quiet love and listening
  • God loves to hear ALL our sounds
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes a big sound?
  • What makes a soft sound?
3Activity: God's Big and Small Love Sound Experiment (6 min)
volume exploration

Children will explore making different volumes with various objects

📝 Instructions:
  1. Tap a wooden spoon on different surfaces
  2. Tap softly on a pillow
  3. Tap loudly on a pot lid
  4. Sing 'Jesus Loves Me' in big and small voices
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child tap and make sounds

Challenge: Child creates own sound patterns

4Closing (3 min)

Gentle review of big and small sounds

📝 Review Questions:
  • What big sound did you make today?
  • What soft sound did you make?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll have a Love Song Celebration!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning sound discrimination and volume control

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use exaggerated movements to demonstrate volume
  • Make it playful and fun
  • Praise all attempts at making sounds
🤔 Common Struggles:

Maintaining focus and understanding volume concept

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's attempt to modulate voice and instrument volume

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for sound-related coloring sheets
  • Listen to BibleMouse Song Collection with volume variations

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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