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Feeling Hot and Cold

Hot and Cold

Day 126of 180
Week 26of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify different temperatures (hot and cold)

2

Use touch to explore temperature differences

3

Develop curiosity about how things feel

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 8:22

“While the earth remains, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.”

— Genesis 8:22 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's creation of temperature variations

📦 Materials Needed

  • Ice cubes
  • Warm water
  • Bowl
  • Towel
  • Mittens (optional)
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse science adventure! Let's talk about how things can feel different when we touch them.

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

Today we'll explore how things can feel hot or cold. God made our bodies special so we can feel different temperatures!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Our hands help us feel if something is hot or cold
  • Some things feel cold like ice
  • Some things feel warm like water
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you show me how you feel something cold?
  • What does ice feel like?
3Activity: Hot and Cold Touch Exploration (6 min)
sensory exploration

Carefully explore different temperatures with parent supervision

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put an ice cube in one bowl
  2. Put warm (not hot) water in another bowl
  3. Gently touch each with fingertips
  4. Talk about how each feels
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent guides child's hand to feel temperatures

Challenge: Try guessing temperature with eyes closed

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about hot and cold

📝 Review Questions:
  • What felt cold today?
  • What felt warm?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll look more closely at ice and how it changes

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning about sensory experiences

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Always supervise temperature exploration
  • Use gentle, safe water temperatures
  • Encourage descriptive language
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to describe temperature sensations

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to distinguish between hot and cold

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library temperature matching worksheet
  • Sing a BibleMouse song about temperatures

Ready for Tomorrow?

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