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Big Animals, Little Animals

Amazing Animals God Made

Day 34of 180
Week 7of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize different animal sizes

2

Sort animals into 'big' and 'little' categories

3

Appreciate God's creativity in making diverse 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)

Demonstrates God's intentional design in creating animals of all sizes

📦 Materials Needed

  • Animal pictures or toys
  • Two large paper circles (one labeled 'BIG', one labeled 'little')
  • Scissors
  • Glue stick
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse science adventure! Let's remember what we learned yesterday about how animals move.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how a big elephant walks? How does a little mouse move?
2Teaching (5 min)

God made animals in so many different sizes! Some animals are huge like elephants, and some are tiny like mice.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Look at how God created big animals like elephants
  • See how God made little animals like ladybugs
  • Every animal is special to God
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you name a big animal?
  • What little animal do you know?
3Activity: Big and Little Animal Sort (6 min)
sorting game

Help your child sort animal pictures into 'big' and 'little' groups

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread out animal pictures
  2. Ask child to place each animal on the correct circle
  3. Talk about why each animal belongs in its group
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps place animals, child watches

Challenge: Child explains why each animal is big or little

4Closing (3 min)

Let's review our animal sizes!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What big animal did we learn about today?
  • What little animal did you see?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll have an Animal Sounds Concert!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are learning to categorize and compare

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use enthusiastic voice
  • Encourage child's observations
  • Be patient with sorting
🤔 Common Struggles:

May have trouble distinguishing size categories

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child attempting to match animals to size groups

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional animal sorting worksheets
  • Read a picture book about animal sizes from BibleMouse Read-Aloud Library

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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