STORYBOOK JOURNEY “And If the Moon Could Talk” by Kate Banks
WEEK OF Feb 23nd – Feb 27th 2015
ART:
Telescope ; Paper towel tubes, cardboard cups, paint, stars, stickers, transparency
Milky Way Painting: Plastic wrap, primary paint colors, paper, reference books (tactile sensory project with mixing colors)
Name Rocket: Color scrap paper, triangle, paint/stickers, letter references
Observation Drawing: Portfolio paper, markers
Moon With Craters: Phases of the moon vocabulary, bubble wrap and paint
Group Mural: The phases of the moon
DRAMATIC PLAY:
Dress Up: Astronaut suit, gloves, helmet, scale, medical kit, jet packs, control panel
Spinning Tops: to relate to the earth’s spinning on its axis, and the planets going around the sun which also strengthens fine motor skills
Rocket Ship: Miniature people, space supplies, reference pictures, starry cloth, bristle blocks
Observatory: Telescopes (made in art), computer, books, paper, markers, cameras
NASA Headquarters: keyboards, calculators, phone, globe, solar system posters, walkie talkies.
SCIENCE & TACTILE AREA:
Magnets: Polarization, magnetic pulls, compass, ordinal directions
Rock Observation: Reference books, different types of rocks, magnify glass
Gravity: Tubes, comparative weights on the Earth versus the Moon.
SONGS, MUSIC & MOVEMENT:
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”, “ Planet Song”, “It’s a Small World” , “Mister Sun” , “The Planets Revolve” , “Let’s go to the moon”, “E-A-R-T-H”, “Joy to the World”, “This Little Light of Mine”, “Gentle Blue Giant”
PORTFOLIO: Classroom Observation Drawing