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Happy, Sad, Silly Faces

Drawing People

Day 37of 180
Week 8of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Recognize and draw different facial expressions

2

Use basic shapes to create faces showing emotions

3

Develop empathy by understanding different feelings

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 15:30

“The light of the eyes rejoices the heart. Good news gives health to the bones.”

— Proverbs 15:30 (WEB)

Exploring how our facial expressions reflect our inner emotions and how joy can be shown through our faces

📦 Materials Needed

  • drawing paper
  • crayons or colored pencils
  • mirror
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: PK4 Art
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Let's explore how our faces can tell stories about how we feel!

💭 Review Question: Can you show me the face you made yesterday when drawing circle faces?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today, we'll learn how to draw faces that show different feelings

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Happy faces have big smiles
  • Sad faces have curved down lines
  • Silly faces can look funny and make us laugh
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What makes you feel happy?
  • Can you make a sad face in the mirror?
3Activity: Emotion Face Drawing (8 min)
hands-on

Draw faces showing different emotions using a mirror as a guide

📝 Instructions:
  1. Look in the mirror and make a happy face
  2. Draw a circle for the face
  3. Add a big smile for happy
  4. Repeat with sad and silly faces
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Trace parent's drawn faces

Challenge: Add color and details to emotion faces

4Closing (3 min)

Let's look at our emotion faces and talk about feelings

📝 Review Questions:
  • What feelings did we draw today?
  • Which face was your favorite?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll draw stick figure friends!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK4 children are learning to recognize and express emotions

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, encouraging language
  • Let child explore emotions without judgment
  • Use the BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional guidance
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find drawing specific emotions challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Ability to differentiate basic emotional expressions

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a BibleMouse Emotion Faces Poster
  • Read a storybook about feelings from BibleMouse Read-Aloud Library

Ready for Tomorrow?

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