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Tearing and Cutting

Changing Materials

Day 91of 180
Week 19of 36
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that materials can change shape without changing their basic nature

2

Practice using scissors and tearing paper safely

3

Develop curiosity about how objects can be transformed

📖 Scripture Connection

Jeremiah 18:4

“When the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter, he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.”

— Jeremiah 18:4 (WEB)

Just as a potter can reshape clay, we can change the shape of paper while keeping its essential material the same

📦 Materials Needed

  • Construction paper
  • Child-safe scissors
  • Observation journal
  • Pencil or crayon
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Welcome to today's BibleMouse science adventure! Let's remember how we explored floating and sinking last week. Today, we'll learn about changing paper's shape!

💭 Review Question: What did we discover about objects that float or sink?
2Teaching (5 min)

In our BibleMouse lesson today, we'll explore how paper can change without becoming something else completely.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Paper can be torn with our hands
  • We can use scissors to cut paper into different shapes
  • The paper is still paper, just in a new form
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What happens when we tear paper?
  • Can you make a small piece of paper from a big one?
3Activity: Paper Transformation Adventure (6 min)
hands-on

Explore tearing and cutting paper into different shapes

📝 Instructions:
  1. Sit at a table with your paper
  2. First, try tearing the paper gently
  3. Next, practice using child-safe scissors to cut paper
  4. Draw or paste your paper shapes in your BibleMouse observation journal
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Tear paper into big pieces with parent help

Challenge: Try cutting simple shapes like triangles or squares

4Closing (3 min)

Let's review what we learned about changing paper's shape!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did we do to change the paper today?
  • Is the paper still paper after we tear or cut it?

Coming up: Tomorrow, we'll explore how we can change clay by squishing and molding it!

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Young children are learning fine motor skills and spatial reasoning

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Supervise scissor use closely
  • Praise effort, not just perfect results
  • Let child explore and experiment
🤔 Common Struggles:

Difficulty using scissors, frustration with fine motor tasks

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Emerging scissor skills, curiosity about material changes

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Create a paper collage using torn and cut pieces
  • Practice cutting along drawn lines in BibleMouse Printables Library

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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