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Climbing Up, Sliding Down

Up and Down Melodies

Day 36of 180
Week 8of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand basic melodic direction (up and down)

2

Use body movements to demonstrate musical pitch changes

3

Develop listening and imitation skills

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 150:3

“Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. Praise him with the psaltery and harp!”

— Psalm 150:3 (WEB)

Demonstrates how music can be used to praise God, connecting physical movement to musical expression

📦 Materials Needed

  • Xylophone or bells
  • Picture cards with up/down arrows
  • Small stuffed animal
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse music adventure! We'll explore how music can go up and down, just like climbing a mountain or sliding down a hill.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how you moved yesterday when we sang 'Father Abraham'?
2Teaching (5 min)

In our BibleMouse lesson today, we'll learn how music can travel up and down, just like we move our bodies.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Music can climb up like a tall mountain
  • Music can slide down like a smooth hill
  • We can use our voices and bodies to show these movements
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you show me what 'up' looks like?
  • How can we make our voice go up high?
3Activity: Melody Mountain Climb (6 min)
movement

Use the xylophone to play simple up and down melodies while children mirror the sounds with body movements

📝 Instructions:
  1. Listen to the xylophone sounds
  2. Reach up high when the sound goes up
  3. Bend down low when the sound goes down
  4. Use your stuffed animal to help show the melody's direction
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent plays notes slowly and demonstrates movements

Challenge: Child tries to play the xylophone while moving

4Closing (3 min)

Celebrate how God gave us the joy of music and movement!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did our melody do today?
  • Did it go up or down?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll listen to more melodies and use our hands to show their direction

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK4 children are developing spatial awareness and musical perception

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use exaggerated movements to help child understand
  • Make the lesson playful and fun
  • Praise effort over perfect performance
🤔 Common Struggles:

Distinguishing between up and down sounds, staying focused

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child attempting to match body movement to musical pitch

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Draw up and down lines in BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Sing simple songs emphasizing melodic direction

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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