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What We Do Day and Night

Day and Night

Day 134of 180
Week 27of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify different activities done during day and night

2

Sort pictures into day and night categories

3

Recognize God's design for rest and activity

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 104:20-22

“You make darkness, and it becomes night, in which all the animals of the forest move about. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God. The sun rises, and they steal away, and lay down in their dens.”

— Psalm 104:20-22 (WEB)

Shows God's beautiful design of day and night cycles, with different activities for different times

📦 Materials Needed

  • Day and night activity pictures
  • Two paper plates or large sheets of paper
  • Marker
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll explore what we do during day and night!

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

Let's talk about how God made special times for different activities

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • During the day, we play and learn
  • At night, we rest and sleep
  • God gives us day and night for different purposes
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you like to do during the day?
  • What happens when it gets dark?
3Activity: Day and Night Sorting (6 min)
sorting game

Create a day and night sorting activity with pictures

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a 'Day' plate and a 'Night' plate
  2. Cut out pictures of day and night activities
  3. Help child sort pictures onto correct plate
  4. Glue pictures in place
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent pre-cuts and helps sort

Challenge: Child tries to draw own day/night scenes

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about day and night

📝 Review Questions:
  • What do we do during the day?
  • What do we do at night?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how day and night happen every day!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning to categorize and understand time concepts

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use lots of enthusiasm and movement
  • Repeat concepts multiple times
  • Make sorting a fun, gentle activity
🤔 Common Struggles:

May have trouble understanding abstract time concepts

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child correctly placing some pictures in right category

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing a day/night song from BibleMouse Song Collection
  • Read a bedtime story about day and night from BibleMouse Read-Aloud Library

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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