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Hard and Soft Things

Exploring Materials Around Us

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

Learning Objectives

1

Identify and describe different object textures

2

Sort objects by hardness and softness

3

Develop sensory exploration skills

📖 Scripture Connection

Proverbs 3:19

“Yahweh by wisdom founded the earth. By understanding, he established the heavens.”

— Proverbs 3:19 (WEB)

God created different materials with unique properties, encouraging children to explore and appreciate His creative design

📦 Materials Needed

  • Variety of household objects (rocks, cotton balls, wooden blocks, fabric scraps)
  • Sorting tray
  • Magnifying glass
  • BibleMouse texture cards
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Gather objects and introduce today's BibleMouse science exploration

💭 Review Question: What different things did we learn about plants yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

Introduce concepts of hard and soft materials

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God made things with different textures
  • Some things feel hard like rocks
  • Some things feel soft like cotton
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you find something hard?
  • What does soft feel like?
3Activity: Texture Sorting Adventure (6 min)
sensory

Explore and sort objects by hardness

📝 Instructions:
  1. Touch each object carefully
  2. Feel if it's hard or soft
  3. Place in correct sorting tray section
  4. Use magnifying glass to look closely
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Sort only 3-4 objects

Challenge: Describe texture using more detailed words

4Closing (3 min)

Review sorting and thank God for creating different materials

📝 Review Questions:
  • What was your favorite hard thing?
  • What was your favorite soft thing?

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll explore rough and smooth surfaces

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Sensory exploration helps develop cognitive and descriptive skills

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle guidance during exploration
  • Encourage descriptive language
  • Make activity fun and pressure-free
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might get distracted or want to put objects in mouth

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Ability to differentiate textures and categorize objects

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create texture collage using BibleMouse Printables
  • Sing texture exploration song from BibleMouse Song Collection

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