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Resurrection Celebration

Easter Celebration

Day 119of 180
Week 24of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that Jesus is alive and we can celebrate

2

Play simple instruments with joy and rhythm

3

Express happiness about Jesus' resurrection

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 95:1

“Oh come, let's sing to Yahweh. Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!”

— Psalm 95:1 (WEB)

Celebrates joyful praise and musical celebration of God

📦 Materials Needed

  • Tambourines or homemade shakers
  • Yellow and white streamers
  • Resurrection eggs (optional)
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Gather children and ask about yesterday's 'Sad to Happy Music' lesson. Remind them how music can express different feelings.

💭 Review Question: What made our music happy yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Explain that today we're celebrating Jesus being alive after Easter, and we'll use music to show our joy!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Jesus is alive and that makes us happy
  • We can celebrate with loud, joyful music
  • God loves when we praise Him with music
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What sounds make you feel happy?
  • How can we show we're excited about Jesus?
3Activity: Resurrection Celebration Parade (6 min)
hands-on

Children create music and movement celebrating Jesus' resurrection

📝 Instructions:
  1. Give each child a shaker or tambourine
  2. Play upbeat resurrection song from BibleMouse Song Collection
  3. Encourage children to shake instruments and move
  4. Wave white and yellow streamers while making music
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help children shake instruments to rhythm

Challenge: Let children create their own rhythm patterns

4Closing (3 min)

Gather children, review what we learned about celebrating Jesus

📝 Review Questions:
  • Why do we celebrate Jesus?
  • What did we do to show our happiness?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll have an Easter Parade of Praise with more music!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Resurrection celebrates Jesus defeating death and bringing hope

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use enthusiastic, joyful tone
  • Encourage free expression of musical celebration
  • Don't worry about perfect rhythm
🤔 Common Struggles:

Some children might be shy about making noise or moving

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement, smiling, attempting to follow rhythm

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create homemade shakers using plastic eggs and dried beans
  • Draw pictures of happy musical celebration

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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