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September
1. Apples
2. Apples
3. Safety
4. Safety
1. Apples
2. Apples
3. Safety
4. Safety
October
coming soon
coming soon
November
coming soon
coming soon
June
1. Trains
2. Boats
3. Planes
1. Trains
2. Boats
3. Planes
July
August
coming soon
coming soon
March
1. Springtime
2. Shamrock
3.
4.
1. Springtime
2. Shamrock
3.
4.
April
1. Sunflowers
2.
3.
4.
1. Sunflowers
2.
3.
4.
May
1. Butterflies
2. Creepy Crawl
3. Spiders
4.
1. Butterflies
2. Creepy Crawl
3. Spiders
4.
December
1. Music
2. Music
3. Snow
4. Happy B-day
to Jesus
1. Music
2. Music
3. Snow
4. Happy B-day
to Jesus
January
1. Moon
2. Shadows
3. Picnic
4. Planets
1. Moon
2. Shadows
3. Picnic
4. Planets
February
1. Fairy Tales
2. Favorite Stories
3. Favorite Stories
4. Favorite Stories
1. Fairy Tales
2. Favorite Stories
3. Favorite Stories
4. Favorite Stories
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Curriculum Overview
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Snack:
Moon crackers. Cut swiss cheese into circles and
place on round crackers. Looks like the moon IS
made of swiss cheese!
Moon crackers. Cut swiss cheese into circles and
place on round crackers. Looks like the moon IS
made of swiss cheese!
| Story Time Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me, by Eric Carle. Use the pictures to stimulate discussion about how the moon looks to us at different times. |
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Inflatable Solar System Set By Learning Resources Inc Explore our universe with this inflatable classroom set. Teach size and distance relationships of planets, the moon and the sun. Learn rotation, revolution and orbit through class activities or demonstrations using this realistic looking set. Includes 36" Sun and proportionate planets and moon with sizes ranging from 8" to 22". Also includes a foot pump, Teacher's Activity Guide and hooks for easy hanging. Deflate for easy storage. |
Circle
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Astronaut Dramatic Play
Set up an area to be a moonscape. Use a large box like a refrigerator shipping
box or other large appliance box and decorate it to be a rocketship or space
shuttle. Spread white or gray sheets and blankets around the floor, using a
few pillows underneath to create bumps and hills. Provide old white or gray
snow suits or sweatpants and sweatshirts for "space suits." Use a variety of
helmets for space helmets and old plastic safety goggles. Headphones can be
used to add extra fun, but be sure you don't mind them being played with! Let
the children ride trikes around for space buggies. You could even scatter small
rocks or pebbles around and provide "scientific" lab containers for the children
to collect moon samples for study. If you have space sound effects, use them
in this corner.
Set up an area to be a moonscape. Use a large box like a refrigerator shipping
box or other large appliance box and decorate it to be a rocketship or space
shuttle. Spread white or gray sheets and blankets around the floor, using a
few pillows underneath to create bumps and hills. Provide old white or gray
snow suits or sweatpants and sweatshirts for "space suits." Use a variety of
helmets for space helmets and old plastic safety goggles. Headphones can be
used to add extra fun, but be sure you don't mind them being played with! Let
the children ride trikes around for space buggies. You could even scatter small
rocks or pebbles around and provide "scientific" lab containers for the children
to collect moon samples for study. If you have space sound effects, use them
in this corner.
| Craft |
| Bible |
| Bible Verse Bracelets: Genesis 1:16 "God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. |
| Bible Song: "He's Got the Whole World In His Hands" (Traditional). |
| Bible Storytime: Read Goodnight, Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown. Talk about how God watches over us all the time, even when we're sleeping, and that He never sleeps. Discuss how God provides everything we need, including the sun to warm and light our days, and the nighttime with its own restful light. |
Handwriting Practice: O is for Octopus
This is an optional handwriting worksheet for
children who are ready to practice tracing the
letters of the alphabet. O is for Octopus and
children can color the letter O, and trace the
words. There is also a picture of a octopus for
children to color in.
This is an optional handwriting worksheet for
children who are ready to practice tracing the
letters of the alphabet. O is for Octopus and
children can color the letter O, and trace the
words. There is also a picture of a octopus for
children to color in.
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| If you'd like a printable version of the above lesson, click here. |
Music & Movement:
1. Take a trip to the moon! Guide children on a space
launch: get into their space suits, walk onto the space
shuttle, (waving at all the onlookers,) strap themselves
in, radio mission control, countdown, feel the forces of
gravity as the shuttle launches into space, feel
weightlessness, prepare to land on the moon, and
then, the ultimate...moonwalk! Jump and leap on the
moon. Drive moon buggies! Plant the flag and stake
your claim, then come home to Earth again! After
everyone is safe and sound back on the ground, watch
a clip of the original moon landing with the children.
2. To focus on the letter of the day, have an
"O"utrageous "O"rchestra! Hand out outrageous
instruments to the children like kazoos, clappers, jingle
bells, triangles, party blowers, rainsticks, recorders,
shakers, windchimes, blocks, and slide whistles. Form
an "o"val, and march to the music!
1. Take a trip to the moon! Guide children on a space
launch: get into their space suits, walk onto the space
shuttle, (waving at all the onlookers,) strap themselves
in, radio mission control, countdown, feel the forces of
gravity as the shuttle launches into space, feel
weightlessness, prepare to land on the moon, and
then, the ultimate...moonwalk! Jump and leap on the
moon. Drive moon buggies! Plant the flag and stake
your claim, then come home to Earth again! After
everyone is safe and sound back on the ground, watch
a clip of the original moon landing with the children.
2. To focus on the letter of the day, have an
"O"utrageous "O"rchestra! Hand out outrageous
instruments to the children like kazoos, clappers, jingle
bells, triangles, party blowers, rainsticks, recorders,
shakers, windchimes, blocks, and slide whistles. Form
an "o"val, and march to the music!
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Moon Rocks
Have a variety of rocks available along with magnifying glasses,reading
lights, scales and balances, and scrap paper. Set up some posters and
large books with pictures of meteors and moon rocks. Explain that although
these rocks aren't actually from the moon, rocks from outer space often look
very much like Earth rocks. Encourage the children to smell the rocks, feel
their roughness, try to make marks with different rocks on scrap paper, and
sort and weigh the rocks.
Have a variety of rocks available along with magnifying glasses,reading
lights, scales and balances, and scrap paper. Set up some posters and
large books with pictures of meteors and moon rocks. Explain that although
these rocks aren't actually from the moon, rocks from outer space often look
very much like Earth rocks. Encourage the children to smell the rocks, feel
their roughness, try to make marks with different rocks on scrap paper, and
sort and weigh the rocks.
Morning Circle:
Introduce the letter "O" by playing a guessing
game with the children. Say something like, "I'm
thinking of a word that begins with "o," and it has
feathers, is tall, and runs really fast." (Ostrich.)
Give other clues as needed. Other words to
guess could be "ocean," "ox," "owl," "oval,"
"oatmeal," and "onion."
Transition into today's topic by discussing the
recent Christmas holiday. Spend some time just
talking with the children about what they did.
where they went, and what they got for Christmas.
Remind them that the whole Christmas season is
celebrated because of one special night. The
night Jesus was born! Explain that today's lesson
is all about the nighttime. God made the night for
very special reasons, and He was very happy
when He made the night! What are some special
things about night? The moon, stars, darkness,
night animals, cooler air, sleep, dreams, etc.
Introduce the letter "O" by playing a guessing
game with the children. Say something like, "I'm
thinking of a word that begins with "o," and it has
feathers, is tall, and runs really fast." (Ostrich.)
Give other clues as needed. Other words to
guess could be "ocean," "ox," "owl," "oval,"
"oatmeal," and "onion."
Transition into today's topic by discussing the
recent Christmas holiday. Spend some time just
talking with the children about what they did.
where they went, and what they got for Christmas.
Remind them that the whole Christmas season is
celebrated because of one special night. The
night Jesus was born! Explain that today's lesson
is all about the nighttime. God made the night for
very special reasons, and He was very happy
when He made the night! What are some special
things about night? The moon, stars, darkness,
night animals, cooler air, sleep, dreams, etc.
Moon in My Room
If you have access to a "Moon in My Room" toy by Uncle Milton, set up a corner to
display and discuss the phases of the moon using it. This is a very popular
educational toy and is well-received and easily understood by children. If you do
not have access to this toy, set up a discovery corner with posters and books set
up showing the moon and its phases. Make moon puzzles for the children to put
together. Take a yellow circle and cut it into varying crescent shapes. Help the
children put it back together. Explain that the appearance of the moon is really
only a result of the Earth's shadow being cast upon the moon. Provide a lamp
and two balls to demonstrate how one ball passing in front of the light casts a
shadow onto the other ball. Discuss how it is day on one side of the earth while it
is night on the other. Ask the children if they can explain why. Ask whether
they've ever seen the moon in the daytime. Explore the children's questions.
If you have access to a "Moon in My Room" toy by Uncle Milton, set up a corner to
display and discuss the phases of the moon using it. This is a very popular
educational toy and is well-received and easily understood by children. If you do
not have access to this toy, set up a discovery corner with posters and books set
up showing the moon and its phases. Make moon puzzles for the children to put
together. Take a yellow circle and cut it into varying crescent shapes. Help the
children put it back together. Explain that the appearance of the moon is really
only a result of the Earth's shadow being cast upon the moon. Provide a lamp
and two balls to demonstrate how one ball passing in front of the light casts a
shadow onto the other ball. Discuss how it is day on one side of the earth while it
is night on the other. Ask the children if they can explain why. Ask whether
they've ever seen the moon in the daytime. Explore the children's questions.
Eric Carle Moon Pictures
Make moon pictures based on those in Eric Carle's book, Papa, Please Get
the Moon for Me. Give each child a large rectangle of blue paper. Let them
brush white paint across it for a background, then let it dry. Next, give each
child a circle of darker blue for the moon. Show them the pictures of the
moon in the story, and ask them to create their own moons based on their
responses to Carle's artwork. Provide white paint and let them fingerpaint
their own beautiful moons. After the moons are dry, paste them onto the
prepared backgrounds. Let the children embellish their creations further by
placing gold and silver star stickers into their night skies.
Make moon pictures based on those in Eric Carle's book, Papa, Please Get
the Moon for Me. Give each child a large rectangle of blue paper. Let them
brush white paint across it for a background, then let it dry. Next, give each
child a circle of darker blue for the moon. Show them the pictures of the
moon in the story, and ask them to create their own moons based on their
responses to Carle's artwork. Provide white paint and let them fingerpaint
their own beautiful moons. After the moons are dry, paste them onto the
prepared backgrounds. Let the children embellish their creations further by
placing gold and silver star stickers into their night skies.
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The Moon Shines Down By Margaret Wise Brown / Thomas Nelson The Moon Shines Down is a new bedtime picture book by renowned children's author Margaret Wise Brown. Based on the classic New England Sampler prayer, God Bless the Moon and God Bless Me, it uses poetic verses to follow a child praying for God's blessing on children in different parts of the world and themselves as the moon shines down on them all. Originally written many years ago, the manuscript was lost. When it was found, it was incomplete, but matching Margaret Wise Brown's distinctive writing style, it is now a complete bedtime picture book with a classical feel similar to the bestselling book Goodnight Moon. Recommended for ages 3 to 8.
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Optional Shape Match Game: Phases of the Moon
This is a printable game you can use to let children
practice matching up the different phases of the moon.
Use the provided blank pages and mount them to a file
folder, or color one part of each moon black as the
shadowed part and laminate for a center time activity.
Glue the full moon in the center as a guide of how to
start.
Moon Match Up Page 1
Moon Match Up Page 2
Moon Match Up Page 3
This is a printable game you can use to let children
practice matching up the different phases of the moon.
Use the provided blank pages and mount them to a file
folder, or color one part of each moon black as the
shadowed part and laminate for a center time activity.
Glue the full moon in the center as a guide of how to
start.
Moon Match Up Page 1
Moon Match Up Page 2
Moon Match Up Page 3
Optional Activity: Have a pyjama party!
Let everyone come dressed in their PJ's and bring
their favorite cuddly. Break out the popcorn and
the latest movie, dim the lights, and have a
pyjama party at school!
Let everyone come dressed in their PJ's and bring
their favorite cuddly. Break out the popcorn and
the latest movie, dim the lights, and have a
pyjama party at school!
Optional Craft: Whole World
This is a printable craft that you can do with children
before you sing the song "He's got the whole world in
his hands" during your bible storytime. Children color
and cut out the world, then paste on construction
paper hands. Or if you're feeling messy, let them dip
their hands in paint and stamp on top of the world.
This is a printable craft that you can do with children
before you sing the song "He's got the whole world in
his hands" during your bible storytime. Children color
and cut out the world, then paste on construction
paper hands. Or if you're feeling messy, let them dip
their hands in paint and stamp on top of the world.
