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Dream Big

Age Level
  • 7+
Topic
  • Dreams
Skill
  • Comprehension
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This music, reading, discussion, and activities experience teaches kids to dream big as well as to get in the habit of declaring and defining their dreams.

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What Kids Will Discover and Learn About:

  • It's important to have and declare a dream

Agenda:

  1. Review previous experience(s)

  2. Learners share Dream Big Journal deposits.

  3. Introduce topic.

  4. Read Sammy’s Big Dream - Page 5

  5. Read lyrics, listen and sing song “Big Ol’ Dream”

  6. Do song activities.

  7. Learners share.

  8. Assign post-experience activities.

Review previous experience(s).

Review points of your choosing from previous experience(s). Refer to menu, topic subheading, for main idea of experience. Refer to “What Kids Will Discover” Section of each experience if you want ideas on additional key points to review.

Learners share Dream Big Journal deposits.

Ask learners to raise their hand if they would like to share one of the activities they completed during the last experience or in between experiences. Allocate 2-5 minutes to this activity OR whatever time you deem appropriate.

Introduce topic.

Feel free to use or adapt this introduction. Or create your own introduction.

Today we are going to listen to the song "Big Ol' Dream" as well as discuss and do activities that share some of the reasons why it is important to have dreams, even big dreams and why declaring our dreams is a great habit.

So let's get to it!

Ready and review Sammy's Big Dream

Either you or have a learner read page 5 of Sammy's Big Dream. Then ask learners:

  • "What was Sammy's big dream?"

  • "Was he clear and specific about his big dream?"

Read lyrics, listen, and sing song "Big Ol' Dream"

See lyric sheet. Read lyrics to the song "Big Ol' Dream." Instructor will read lyrics out loud, line by line. Have learners repeat out loud the following lines from the lyrics:

  1. I got a big ol' dream, it's a beautiful thing
    Inspiring, I feel I can do anything

  2. It's talking straight to my heart, this big ol' dream
    Saying if I dare, if I plan and prepare... I'll lift you up

  3. Unless I've tried, I won't be satisfied
    Everything I need is here inside of me
    To turn this big ol' dream into reality

Next, play, listen, and/or sing the song. At instructor's option, learners should clap or move during the song. See song.

Do song activities

Have learners share

Ask learners to raise their hands if they would like to share out loud their solutions.

After the answers are revealed, instructor will share out loud the answer and all learners will repeat.

Assign post-experience activities

Activities can be homework or classwork. Introduce learners to the Money School and show them where they can find post-experience activities. Have learners complete one, some, or all of the following activities:

Have learners “deposit” all activities into the “Big Ol’ Dream” section of the Dream Big Journal