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Boats and Ships

Transportation Art

Day 108of 180
Week 22of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize basic boat shapes

2

Draw a simple boat with sails or motor

3

Develop fine motor skills through drawing

📖 Scripture Connection

Jonah 1:3

“But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh, and went down to Joppa, and found a ship going to Tarshish; so he paid its fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of Yahweh.”

— Jonah 1:3 (WEB)

Introduces boats as a mode of transportation in biblical times

📦 Materials Needed

  • White drawing paper
  • Crayons or markers
  • Toy boat (optional reference)
  • BibleMouse Art Worksheet
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Remember our train and car drawings from the past two days? Today we're going to draw boats!

💭 Review Question: What vehicles did we draw this week?
2Teaching (7 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how to draw boats floating on water

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Boats can have sails or motors
  • Boats float on water
  • Boats help people travel
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Have you ever seen a boat?
  • What kind of boat did you see?
3Activity: Drawing Boats (8 min)
hands-on

Create a boat drawing using simple shapes

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a big triangle for the sail
  2. Draw a rectangle for the boat's body
  3. Add wavy blue lines for water
  4. Color your boat
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Trace boat outline with parent help

Challenge: Add details like windows or flags

4Closing (3 min)

Show your boat drawing and talk about it

📝 Review Questions:
  • What shape is your boat's sail?
  • What color did you make your boat?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll draw airplanes flying in the sky!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK4 children are developing fine motor skills through drawing

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Guide without doing the drawing
  • Praise effort over perfection
  • Use BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional support
🤔 Common Struggles:

Holding crayon/marker correctly, staying inside lines

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Engagement, attempts to follow instructions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Read a children's book about boats
  • Watch a short video about boats
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library boat coloring page

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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