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Texture Walk Adventure

Touching and Feeling

Day 20of 180
Week 4of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify different textures in nature

2

Explore God's creation through touch

3

Develop sensory awareness and curiosity

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 104:24

“Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom have you made them all. The earth is full of your creatures.”

— Psalm 104:24 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's intentional design in creating diverse textures and natural objects

📦 Materials Needed

  • Clipboard or paper
  • Crayon
  • Small bag or container
  • BibleMouse Texture Observation Sheet (optional)
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Remind children about yesterday's Mystery Touch Box activity. Ask, 'Remember how we felt things without looking?'

💭 Review Question: What was your favorite thing you touched yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today we'll explore textures God created outside! God made everything we can touch.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God created lots of different textures
  • Some things are soft, some are rough
  • We can learn about God's world by touching carefully
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think might feel rough outside?
  • What might feel soft?
3Activity: Texture Nature Walk (6 min)
nature observation

Walk outside and collect different textured objects, touching carefully

📝 Instructions:
  1. Walk slowly and look for different things to touch
  2. Gently feel tree bark, grass, leaves, stones
  3. Collect a few safe objects in your bag
  4. Make a texture rubbing on paper with crayon
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Stay in one area, touch fewer objects

Challenge: Try to describe each texture with a word

4Closing (3 min)

Show collected objects and talk about how God made each one special

📝 Review Questions:
  • What was the roughest thing you touched?
  • What was the softest thing?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about smelling with our nose!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Sensory exploration is crucial for PK3 learning

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Supervise closely during outdoor exploration
  • Encourage gentle touching
  • Use descriptive words about textures
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might want to put things in mouth - redirect gently

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about discovering different textures

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a texture scrapbook with collected items
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library texture coloring pages

Ready for Tomorrow?

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