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My Wonderful Hands

My Amazing Body

Day 2of 180
Week 1of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Identify different ways hands can be used

2

Create a handprint artwork

3

Understand that God designed hands to help others

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 22:9

“He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.”

— Proverbs 22:9 (WEB)

Demonstrates how our hands can be used to serve and help others

📦 Materials Needed

  • White construction paper
  • Washable paint
  • Wet wipes
  • Mirror
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Wiggle and wave your hands! Yesterday we learned about body parts, and today we'll explore how amazing our hands are.

💭 Review Question: Can you show me where your hands are?
2Teaching (5 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll discover all the wonderful things our hands can do!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Hands can wave hello
  • Hands can hold things
  • Hands can create art
  • Hands can help others
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you like to do with your hands?
  • How can hands help people?
3Activity: Handprint Creation (6 min)
hands-on

Make a colorful handprint to celebrate God's amazing design of our hands

📝 Instructions:
  1. Put on a paint smock
  2. Dip hand carefully in washable paint
  3. Press hand firmly on white paper
  4. Wash hands with wet wipe
  5. Decorate handprint with additional colors
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Use one color of paint

Challenge: Create a handprint scene showing how hands help others

4Closing (3 min)

Let's remember that God gave us hands to love and help others!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What special things can your hands do?
  • How can we use our hands to be kind?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore how our eyes help us see God's wonderful world!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Preschoolers are developing fine motor skills and understanding of body functions

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Supervise paint activities closely
  • Encourage creativity
  • Focus on fun, not perfection
🤔 Common Struggles:

Some children may be hesitant to get hands dirty with paint

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to follow simple instructions and express creativity

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library hand-tracing worksheets
  • Sing 'My Hands Can' song from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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