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What Should I Wear?

Weather All Around Us

Day 120of 180
Week 24of 36
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Learning Objectives

1

Identify different types of weather

2

Match appropriate clothing to weather conditions

3

Understand God's care in providing clothing for protection

Matthew 6:28-30

Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin, yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

Matthew 6:28-30 (WEB)

God cares about our needs, including what we wear to protect ourselves from different weather conditions

📦 Materials Needed

  • Variety of clothing items (coat, sunglasses, rainboots, hat)
  • Weather chart from BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Mirror
  • Large poster board

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Look out the window and talk about today's weather. Ask, 'What do you see outside?'

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about rain yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how to dress for different weather!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • When it's cold, we wear a warm coat
  • When it's sunny, we wear sunglasses
  • When it's rainy, we wear boots
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What keeps you warm?
  • How do sunglasses help on bright days?
3Activity: Dress the Weather Friend (6 min)
game

Help a paper doll or stuffed animal dress for different weather conditions

📝 Instructions:
  1. Show a picture of sunny weather
  2. Ask child to choose sunny clothes
  3. Repeat with rainy and cold weather pictures
  4. Let child dress the 'Weather Friend'
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child dress the figure

Challenge: Child dresses self and 'Weather Friend'

4Closing (3 min)

Review clothing and weather types

📝 Review Questions:
  • What do we wear when it's cold?
  • What protects our eyes on sunny days?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about air all around us!

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning to connect weather with appropriate clothing

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use lots of excitement and praise
  • Let child make choices
  • Be patient with learning process
🤔 Common Struggles:

Matching clothing to weather can be challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child beginning to understand weather-clothing connection

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library weather matching worksheet
  • Sing a weather clothing song from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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