Tot-School Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon Book List

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

My World by Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight Moon 123 by Margaret Wise Brown

Goodnight Moon ABC by Margaret Wise Brown

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Annie Kubler

The Three Bears by Byron Barton

Hickory, Dickory, Dock by Moria Kemp

Hey Diddle Diddle! By Annie Kubler

Three Little Kittens by Tanya Linch

Hey, Diddle, Diddle by Caroline Davies
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Sanja Rescek

Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney

Skidamarink by Jacqueline East

Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale

Pajama Time! by Sandra Boynton

The Napping House by Audrey Wood

Mr. Brown can Moo by Dr. Seuss

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

Goodnight Moon Songs
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Skidamarink-a-Dink-a-Dink
Hickory, Dickory Dock
Hey Diddle, Diddle!

      (Flashback to 3 year old J.  Singing Hey Diddle, Diddle the Grandma taught him.)
Goodnight Moon Sensory Tub

Materials:

•  black beans (night sky)
• clock (button with clock face drawn on garage sale dot sticker)
• stars (glow in the dark plastic wall stars and moon)
• mittens (cut from felt)
• bowl (for mush)
• spoon and dish 
• red pom-pom (for the red balloon)
• three plastic toy bears 
• two plastic toy kittens 
• a plastic toy bunny 
• a plastic toy cow

Goodnight Moon Tot-Tubs

Tot-Tub #1 (top left) Sorting Balloons

I showed T how to use the tongs to take the red and yellow pom-poms (red balloon, yellow moon) out of the bowl and place them in the star ice cube tray.

Tot-Tub #2 (top right) Shape Clock

I put our Shape Sorting Clock in the drawer for him to put the shapes in place.

 

Tot-Tub #3 (middle) Star Stickers

T loves stickers so I gave him some star stickers to place on a piece of black paper.

 

Tot-Tub #4 (bottom left) Hanging Mittens

I cut some mittens out of felt and taped a string across his tot-tub.  I put in a few clothes pins and showed him how to hang his mittens to dry.

 

Tot-Tub #5 (bottom right) Play Dough Moon

I gave him some play dough, a rolling pin, and a star and moon shaped cutter.  Then he rolled the dough and cut out stars.

Bowl of Mush Breakfast

We had oatmeal for breakfast as our bowl of mush.

Red Balloon

I got one of those big bopping balloons for T to play with. 

Secret Stars

I use a white crayon to draw stars on a white piece of paper.  Then I let T use blue water colors over it to find the stars.

Spotted Cow

T used black finger paint to add spots to the cow outline here on page 2, then we counted the spots.

Goodnight Moon Counting
I made this 1,2,3 Goodnight Moon download into a book for T to count with.

Hey Diddle Diddle Lunch

Ingredients:

• Taco shells
• Shredded Cheese
• Raisins
• Block cheese
• Banana
• Chocolate Chips
• Star cookie cutter
• Pretzel Sticks

Directions:

1. Cut 2 taco shells with scissors in the shape of a cow (head, ears, and body).
2. Put the shredded cheese between the 2 cow parts and microwave until it melts a bit.
3. Cut a slice of cheese from the cheese block and make stars with the star cookie cutter.
4. Also cut cow horns and a cow bell out of the cheese.
5. Add raisin udders and spots on the cow.
6. Add a pretzel stick for the cow tail.
7. Use the whole banana as the moon crescent.
8. Add chocolate chips for the eyes, nose, and mouth.

Painting The Moon

We finger painted a yellow moon, red balloon, and green mitten.

The Cow Jumped over the Moon
I printed out and laminated the cow and moon on page 25 from this Goodnight Moon download.  I added a craft stick to them so I could make the cow jump over the moon.

 

Goodnight Moon Puzzle

Just make a copy of the cover of the book and cut it into puzzle pieces.

Star Sorting

I gave T big stars and tiny stars and he sorted them into lines of big and tiny stars.

Sugar Cookie Moon

Materials:

• Sugar Cookie Dough
• Pizza Pan

Directions:

1. Roll out the sugar cookie dough into on giant moon cookie and place on a greased pizza pan.
2. Add craters to the moon with your fingertip.
3. Bake a 325 degrees for about 20 minutes or until the sides start to get brown.

Read: The Moon Might Be Milk by Lisa Shulman. You can use the recipe in the back of the book.

Goodnight Moon Sequencing

I gave T pictures of the different items in the book and he put them in order according to how they happened in the book. 

Hey, Diddle, Diddle!

 I found this Hey, Diddle, Diddle! print out for T to color.

Balloon Colors

T reviewed his colors by coloring the balloons on page 2 of this download the color that I told him.  Then I cut it out and folded it into a book.

Mother Goose Game

T sang along with the nursery rhymes in this Mother Goose Game that we have.

 

Making Craters

Discuss: The craters on the Moon are actually dents made by huge rocks called meteorites. The meteorites travel through space very fast.

Materials:

• small baking tray
• some flour
• marbles

Steps:

1. Pour the flour in the baking tray and spread out evenly with you hand (about an inch deep).
2. Drop the marble or stone in the flour.
3. Carefully remove the marble/stone from the flour.
4. Look at the crater the marble/stone has made.
5. Repeat steps 2 and 3 a few times so that you can see several craters.

Extension: Look through a pair of binoculars at the Moon and see if you can see the craters. 

 

Goodnight Moon Game

He liked to match up the cards to the correct place on each mat in our Goodnight Moon Game.

Goodnight Moon Celebration Cake
I made a cake for the boys!