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Squishing and Molding

Changing Materials

Day 92of 180
Week 19of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how materials can change shape

2

Develop fine motor skills through manipulation

3

Recognize that objects can change while staying the same material

📖 Scripture Connection

Genesis 2:7

“Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

— Genesis 2:7 (WEB)

God creates and shapes things, just like we shape play dough

📦 Materials Needed

  • Play dough
  • Clay
  • Observation journal
  • Pencils/Crayons
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Gather children and show play dough. Ask them to feel it and describe how it feels.

💭 Review Question: What do you think we can do with this soft material?
2Teaching (5 min)

Demonstrate different ways to change play dough shape: rolling, squishing, pressing, pulling

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • The play dough stays the same, but we can change how it looks
  • God gives us creativity to shape and change things
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What shapes can you make?
  • Does the play dough feel different when you change it?
3Activity: Shape Exploration (5 min)
hands-on

Children manipulate play dough into different shapes

📝 Instructions:
  1. Give each child play dough
  2. Encourage making different shapes
  3. Draw shapes in observation journal
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Help child make basic shapes

Challenge: Try making animal shapes

4Closing (2 min)

Review how we changed play dough shape

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did you do to your play dough?
  • Did the play dough change?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear Jesus, thank you for giving us imagination to create and play.

Coming up: Tomorrow we will see how colors can change!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 139:14

“I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.”

— Psalm 139:14 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Shape clay while reciting verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

Children learn about physical properties and transformations

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Encourage exploration
  • Let children lead their discovery
  • Praise creativity
🤔 Common Struggles:

Some children might get frustrated if shapes don't look perfect

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Willingness to experiment and try new shapes

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Make play dough at home together
  • Explore shaping with other materials like sand
  • Talk about how God shapes our lives

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