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Animals Are Alive

Living Things All Around

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

Learning Objectives

1

Identify that animals are living things

2

Observe how animals move, eat, and grow

3

Appreciate God's wonderful creation of animals

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 1:25

“God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.”

— Genesis 1:25 (WEB)

Highlights God's intentional creation of animals as living things

📦 Materials Needed

  • Toy animals or pictures of animals
  • Living/non-living picture cards
  • Sorting mat
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse science adventure! Yesterday we learned about plants being alive. Today, we'll explore how animals are alive too!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember what makes something alive?
2Teaching (5 min)

Animals are special living things that God created. They can move, eat, and grow - just like plants, but in different ways!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Animals move around
  • Animals need food to grow
  • Animals can be big or small
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What animals have you seen today?
  • Can you show me how an animal moves?
3Activity: Animal Movement Game (6 min)
observation

Use toy animals or pictures to explore how different animals move

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread out toy animals
  2. Demonstrate how each animal moves
  3. Let child imitate animal movements
  4. Sort animals on living/non-living mat
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Focus on just 2-3 animals

Challenge: Name the animal and its habitat

4Closing (3 min)

Recap what we learned about animals being alive

📝 Review Questions:
  • What do animals do?
  • Who made all the animals?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about how people are living things too!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning basic classification skills

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use lots of movement and sound effects
  • Be patient with short attention spans
  • Make learning feel like play
🤔 Common Struggles:

Distinguishing between living and non-living things

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to mimic animal movements and understand basic life characteristics

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Visit a local farm or zoo
  • Read BibleMouse animal picture books
  • Watch age-appropriate nature videos

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