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Pictures Tell Stories

Picture Notation

Day 76of 180
Week 16of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that pictures can represent sounds

2

Create simple picture-based music notation

3

Develop listening and observation skills

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 33:3

“Sing to him a new song. Play skillfully with a loud noise.”

— Psalm 33:3 (WEB)

Illustrates how music can tell stories and express creativity

📦 Materials Needed

  • Picture notation cards
  • Colored markers
  • Simple icon sheets
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse music adventure! Let's remember how we celebrated with music like Miriam last week.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how you played your tambourine yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Today we'll learn how pictures can tell music stories, just like words tell stories in the Bible.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Pictures can represent sounds we hear
  • Music can be drawn just like we draw pictures
  • Every sound can have a special picture
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What sounds do you hear around you?
  • Can you draw a picture of a sound?
3Activity: Picture Sound Story (6 min)
discussion

Create simple music pictures that represent different sounds

📝 Instructions:
  1. Listen to different sounds
  2. Draw a picture that matches each sound
  3. Share your sound pictures with family
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use pre-drawn icon sheets to match sounds

Challenge: Create a sequence of sound pictures that tell a musical story

4Closing (3 min)

Celebrate our musical creativity and thank God for giving us the ability to make music!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What new things did we learn about sounds?
  • Can you show me a picture of a sound?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll follow picture music cards and create our own rhythm patterns!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Picture notation is an early music learning technique that helps children connect sounds with visual representations

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Be patient and encouraging
  • Let children explore sounds creatively
  • Use the BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional guidance
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it challenging to translate sounds into pictures

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enthusiasm, creativity, and ability to match sounds with simple drawings

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a family sound picture song
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional notation worksheets

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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