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What Happens During the Day?

Day and Night

Day 146of 180
Week 30of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand basic characteristics of daytime

2

Identify activities that happen during the day

3

Recognize God's design in day and night cycles

📖 Scripture Connection

Psalm 118:24

“This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.”

— Psalm 118:24 (WEB)

Celebrates the gift of each day God creates, connecting to our lesson about daytime

📦 Materials Needed

  • Globe
  • Flashlight
  • Day/night pictures
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK4 Science
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Greet your little learner with excitement about today's BibleMouse science exploration!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about stars last time?
2Teaching (5 min)

Explore daytime with your child using the globe and flashlight

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • The sun lights up our world during the day
  • We can see everything clearly when it's daytime
  • Daytime is when we play, learn, and do our activities
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you like to do during the day?
  • Can you name something that happens when the sun is up?
3Activity: Sunshine Globe Exploration (6 min)
interactive demonstration

Use globe and flashlight to show how sunlight works

📝 Instructions:
  1. Hold globe steady
  2. Shine flashlight on one side to represent the sun
  3. Slowly turn globe to show day and night sides
  4. Talk about how the sun lights up different parts of the world
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just demonstrate sun's movement with flashlight

Challenge: Discuss how different parts of world experience day at different times

4Closing (3 min)

Recap what we learned about daytime

📝 Review Questions:
  • What makes it daytime?
  • What do we do during the day?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore what happens at night!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children are naturally curious about day and night cycles

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use enthusiastic, clear language
  • Allow child to touch and explore materials
  • Be patient with short attention span
🤔 Common Struggles:

May have difficulty understanding sun's continuous presence

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about learning and engagement with demonstration

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library day/night sorting worksheet
  • Sing BibleMouse day/night theme song from Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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