Night Sky

Our theme for week #8 was Night Sky. We talked about the moon, the stars, planets, and astronauts.

Books:

Toddler Books:

Peekaboo Bedtime - Rachel Isadora

Moon Plane - Peter McCarty

What the Sun Sees, What the Moon Sees - Nancy Tafuri

Preschool Books:

How to Catch a Star - Oliver Jeffers

Moon Plane - Peter McCarty

Cindy Moo - Lori Mortensen

Rhymes/Fingerplays/Songs:

Song: Rocketship Run by Laurie Berkner Band

*This is the name of the album as well as the first song on the album. You get to count down and blast off with the kids, go spinning around the sun, dancing through the air on the moon, jumping from star to star, and land back at home on the earth. I laminated clip-art pictures of each location with the activity to remind myself as we went through the actions along with the song. It's fast-paced, but tons of fun! I even had kids requesting it at storytime the following week. 

If You're Going to the Moon (Tune: "If You're Happy and You Know It"):

If you're going to the moon, wear your boots (stomp, stomp)

If you're going to the moon, wear your boots (stomp, stomp)

If you're going to the moon, this is what you have to do,

If you're going to the moon, wear your boots (stomp, stomp)

Other verses:

If you're going to the moon, wear  your gloves (clap, clap)

If you're going to the moon, wear your helmet (pat, pat)

*I found pictures of kids NASA boots, gloves, and helmet so I used those to go along with the song. 

Source: King County Library System

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom:

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon.

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon.

If you want to take a trip, climb aboard my rocket ship.

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we're going to the moon.

In 5...4...3...2...1...BLAST OFF!!!

Source: Jbrary