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God Gave Me All My Senses

Exploring with Senses Review

Day 80of 180
Week 16of 36
15Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Identify the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch

2

Recognize that God created our amazing ability to sense the world

3

Express thankfulness for God's wonderful design of our bodies

Psalm 139:14

I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

Celebrates God's intentional design of human bodies and senses

📦 Materials Needed

  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
  • Coloring page with body outline
  • Crayons
  • Small mirror

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Use mirror to explore different body parts used for sensing

💭 Review Question: What special ways did we use our senses yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Introducing our five God-given senses

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God made our eyes to see beautiful things
  • Our ears help us hear mommy and daddy's voices
  • Our nose smells yummy foods and flowers
  • Our tongue tastes sweet and salty things
  • Our skin can feel soft and rough textures
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What is your favorite thing to see?
  • What sound do you love to hear?
3Activity: Sense Celebration (6 min)
discussion

Color body outline, marking each sense area

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take BibleMouse coloring page
  2. Use different colored crayons for each sense
  3. Point to where each sense happens on body
  4. Say 'Thank You, God!' for each sense
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child color and point

Challenge: Child names things they sense with each body part

4Closing (3 min)

Recap our amazing senses

📝 Review Questions:
  • How many senses do we have?
  • Who gave us these special senses?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll look for red things God created

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK3 children are just beginning to understand sensory experiences

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use lots of enthusiasm
  • Make learning feel like play
  • Praise child's curiosity
🤔 Common Struggles:

Sitting still, focusing on all five senses at once

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child pointing to body parts, attempting to name senses

Extension Activities

  • Sensory walk around house identifying things to see/hear/touch
  • Sing BibleMouse 'God Made My Senses' song

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