Goodnight Moon Day 3 -Nursery Rhymes

Nursery Rhymes

Read: Nursery Rhymes by Kate Toms

Discuss: Most poems and rhymes have rhyming words at the end of each line...

Hey diddle diddle Three little kittens Hickory dickory dock

The cat and the fiddle They lost their mittens the mouse ran up the clock

Let's see if we can come up with some poems or rhymes of our own.

Comprehension Questions:

1. What is your favorite nursery rhyme?
2. What are the rhyming words in that nursery rhyme?

Hey Diddle Diddle

J did the activity on page 8 & 9 of this download to review the Hey Diddle Diddle Nursery Rhyme.

 

Story Sequencing

We did the Story Sequencing from this download to improve listening skills.

 

Hickory Dickory Dock Clock

Materials:

• Grandfather Clock outline
• Paper fastener
  Construction Paper

Directions:

1. Hand out the papers with the grandfather clock drawn on it. (without numbers on the clock or the clock hands)
2. Child can add the numbers to the clock and fasten clock hands with a paper fastener.
3. Child can color the clock and draw a mouse running up the side of the clock.

Mouse Paint

Read: Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Materials:

• Paint (red, yellow, blue)
• 6 small containers or a painting pallette
• paint brush
• Mouse Color Wheel

Directions:

1. Paint the primary colored mice first.
   
2. Mix each of the primary colors together to make the secondary colors.
   
3. Paint the secondary colored mice now.
   
   
   
   Rhyming Star Match
   I wrote one word on each star from the book (make sure they each have a match).  J matched up each of the rhyming stars.
   
   
   
   Rhyming Word Match
   I printed out page 17 of this free download to practice more Rhyming Word Matching.
   House Rhyme
   I printed pages 15 & 16 of this free download onto cardstock.  Then J could open each window on the Rhyming House and try to find the matching rhyming word in another window.
   
   
   
     
    Rhyming Word Memory Match
   I printed page 18 of this download to work on more Rhyming Word Matching.  He cut out each picture and glued the rhyming pictures next to each other on a piece of construction paper. 
   

Goodnight Moon Day 2 -Telling Time

Telling Time

Read: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Discuss: Look at the moon and the time on the clock on each page in Goodnight Moon. The time changes 10 minutes each page and the moon rises a bit each page too. There are 12 numbers on the clock, these tell us what hour of the day it is. The 12 numbers can also tell us what minute of the hour it is if we count the numbers by 5's. Let's count by 5's now (count to 60). There are 60 minutes in one hour, there are also 60 seconds in one minute. Let's count to one minute (count by 1's to 60).

Comprehension Questions:

1. What time is Bunny's bed time?
2. How long did it take Bunny to fall asleep?

What Time is It?

I printed out this What Time is It? paper for J to match up the correct times.

Paper Plate Clock

Material

• paper plate small and large
• number stickers
• markers
• paper fastener
• construction paper
• paintbrush
• paint
• scissors

Directions:

1. Paint the small and large plates each a different color. Let them dry.
   
2. Cut 2 clock hands from the construction paper.
3. Fasten the smaller plate to the middle of the larger plate with the paper fastener. Be sure to have the clock hands on the smaller plate.
4. Use number stickers to make the numbers 1-12 on the smaller plate.
   
5. Use a marker to write the numbers. by 5's on the outer plate.
   
   
   

Clock Match

J used this download for this Clock Matching activity.  He cut out each piece

and place the clocks down the left side of a piece of construction paper (front and back).  

Then he matched up the times on the right side of the paper.

Goodnight Moon Game

 J and I played a few different memory versions of our Goodnight Moon Game. 

 My Phone Number

I used page 5 of this download to review My Phone Number.

 Spelling Practice

I used pages 9 &10 from this download for J to practice spelling the items that were in the book. 

Goodnight Moon Day 1 -The Moon

The Moon

Read: On the Moon by Anna Milbourne

Discuss: Watch NeilArmstrong Video

1. The Moon is a satellite of the Earth and orbits around it.
2. The Moon is the only object in space that man has ever visited. The Moon is much closer to Earth than the other planets.
3. The Moon takes 27.3 days to make one orbit around the Earth. It also takes 27.3 days to complete one rotation on its axis.
4. The Moon's surface has many craters on it. They were formed by meteor crashes a long time ago.
5. The Moon causes many of the tides in the Earth's oceans. This is because of the gravity force between the Earth and Moon.
6. The Moon can be seen clearly with your eyes on a clear night.

Comprehension Questions:

1. What does the full moon look like?
2. What does the new moon look like?

The Moon Looks Different

We made a moon phases wheel from pages 6 & 7 of this free download.

 

Moon Phases Flap Book

Materials:

• 4 pieces Black Construction Paper
• White Crayon
• White Typing Paper
• Yellow Construction Paper
• Pencil
• Scissors

Directions:

1. Cut the paper in half longwise.
   
2. Cut paper in different lengths and staple them at the top with the longest piece on the bottom. (You will need 9 sheets in all)
   
3. Write with a white crayon the phases of the moon, one on the bottom of each sheet.
   
4. Open up the flap for each phase and draw a picture of that moon phase.
   
   
   

Phase 1 - New Moon - The side of the moon that is facing the Earth is not lit up by the sun. At this time the moon is not visible.

Phase 2 - Waxing Crescent - A small part (less than 1/2) of the moon is lit up at this point. The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger.

Phase 3 - First Quarter - One half of the moon is lit up by the sun at this point. The part that is lit up is slowly getting bigger.

Phase 4 - Waxing Gibbous - At this time half of the moon is lit up. The part that is lit is slowly getting bigger. Waxing means to slowly get bigger.

Phase 5 - Full Moon - The side of the moon that is lit up by the sun is facing the Earth. The entire moon is lit up at this point.

Phase 6 - Waning Gibbous - The moon is not quite lit up all the way by sunlight. The part of the moon this is lit is slowly getting smaller. Waning means to slowly get smaller.

Phase 7 - Last Quarter - Half of the moon is lit up by the sun. The part that we can see lit up is slowly getting smaller.

Phase 8 - Waning Crescent - A small part of the moon is lit up at this point. It is getting smaller by the minute.

Oreo Cookie Moon Phases

Materials:

4-8 Oreo cookies

A piece of paper with a moon phase written on it for each student

A toothpick or other tool for scraping the frosting

Directions:

1. We used this download with the  moon phases on it to help us.
2. Demonstrate the proper way to slowly twist an Oreo to maximize the amount of frosting on one side when you separate the halves. (practice yourself, it can be tricky)
3. Recreate each phase of the moon in the Oreo frosting and lay them in order.

Moon Phase Dice
I had J roll the Moon Phase Dice and tell me what he had learned about that moon phase.

 

Eric Carle Moon Art

Read: Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle

Materials:

• White and Black Paint
• Paintbrush
• Blue Paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Gold Star Stickers

Directions:

1. Brush black paint across the blue paper for the background and let it dry.
   
2. Paint white onto another sheet of blue paper and cut a circle moon out of it.
   
   
3. Look at the moon in the story again.
4. After the moon is dry glue it onto the white painted background paper.
   
5. Add gold star stickers to the paper.