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Wind Can Be Strong or Gentle

Wind and Air

Day 158of 180
Week 32of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that wind can have different strengths

2

Observe how wind affects various objects

3

Appreciate God's creative power in nature

📖 Scripture Connection

John 3:8

“The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going.”

— John 3:8 (WEB)

Demonstrates the mysterious and powerful nature of wind

📦 Materials Needed

  • Small paper fans
  • Lightweight feathers
  • Tissue paper
  • Large piece of cardboard
  • Small objects like cotton balls
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Recap yesterday's lesson about wind being moving air

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how wind moves things?
2Teaching (5 min)

Explore how wind can be gentle or strong

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Sometimes wind is soft like a whisper
  • Sometimes wind is strong like a big breath
  • Wind can move different things in different ways
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What things have you seen wind move?
  • Can you make a gentle wind? A strong wind?
3Activity: Wind Strength Experiment (6 min)
hands-on

Use fans and breath to move different objects

📝 Instructions:
  1. Blow softly on a feather
  2. Blow harder on a tissue paper
  3. Use a paper fan to move cotton balls
  4. Compare how each object moves differently
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just blow on feather and watch

Challenge: Predict which objects will move with gentle vs strong wind

4Closing (3 min)

Review wind experiment and connections

📝 Review Questions:
  • What moved with gentle wind?
  • What needed strong wind to move?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll play with wind by flying kites!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

PK4 children are learning cause and effect through sensory experiences

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Let child explore and experiment
  • Use encouraging language
  • Focus on observation, not perfect results
🤔 Common Struggles:

May get excited and blow too hard or lose focus quickly

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to vary wind strength and observe results

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a wind sock using tissue paper
  • Draw pictures of things wind can move
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library wind-themed coloring page

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