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Drawing Our Song

Picture Notation

Day 79of 180
Week 16of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Create simple picture notation for parts of a song

2

Recognize how pictures can represent musical sounds

3

Demonstrate joy in musical creativity

📖 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 musical expression and joy in praising God

📦 Materials Needed

  • Colored markers
  • White paper
  • Picture notation icon sheets
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: PK4 Music
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Sing 'Jesus Loves the Little Children' together, reminding children of yesterday's lesson

💭 Review Question: Can you remember some words from our song?
2Teaching (5 min)

Introduce picture notation as a fun way to 'draw' music

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Pictures can help us remember how a song sounds
  • Each picture represents a part of our song
  • We'll create our own musical picture language
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What pictures might show loud or soft sounds?
  • How can we draw different parts of our song?
3Activity: Musical Picture Notation (6 min)
hands-on

Create picture notation cards for 'Jesus Loves the Little Children'

📝 Instructions:
  1. Choose icons to represent different song parts
  2. Draw simple pictures on paper
  3. Practice 'reading' your musical pictures
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use pre-printed icon sheets to cut and paste

Challenge: Create more complex picture notation sequences

4Closing (3 min)

Share and sing using new picture notation

📝 Review Questions:
  • What pictures did you draw?
  • How does our picture notation tell the song's story?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play instruments with our picture notation

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Picture notation helps children connect visual and auditory learning

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Be patient and celebrate creativity
  • Focus on fun, not perfect representation
  • Encourage child's unique musical interpretation
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might get frustrated with drawing or understanding notation

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Enthusiasm, creativity, and attempts to connect pictures to song

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a BibleMouse musical picture book
  • Share notation with family during music time

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