Although Rachel knows Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and Clement Hurd by heart, I'm going to use it this week as the "rowing" book. We'll read it everyday.
Supplementary Books:
*Goldilocks
*Runaway Bunny
*Grandpa Takes Me to THE MOON by Timothy R. Gaffney
*The Way Back Home by Oliver Jeffers
Stars by Steve Tomecek
Earth by Dana Meachen Rau
Maple Moon by Connie Brummel Crook and Scott Cameron (too advanced, so I'll need to re-tell it)
The Stars by Cynthia Pratt Nicolson
Once Upon a Starry Night by Jacqueline Mitton and Christina Balit
Sun by Steve Tomecek
The Moon by Seymour Simon
*Goodnight Moon 123 based on Goodnight Moon
Again, many of the books were included for the photographs. The ones with asterisks are the one's we will actually read.
Art:
1. Coloring page with the nursery rhyme "Hey Diddle, Diddle" printed on it. She loves learning poems, so this will be fun for her.
2. We will continue playing with her crayons: sorting into groups by color and discussing primary and secondary colors. Paint using cardboard and pom-poms for fun.
3. Make a mobile out of moon and stars made out of Sculpt-it clay. She likes playing with the clay and cutting things out, so we'll do that, let them dry, and then paint it. I need to buy some glow in the dark paint as a surprise for her.
4. She has learned how to use my digital camera in the "point and shoot" mode. She can frame what she wants in the picture and knows how to hold the camera without getting her fingers in front of the lens or sensor. So, she'll get to use my camera this week to take pictures in her room of things to include in her version of the book "Goodnight Moon".
Math:
1. I saw this: Sensory Bin I think I'll make one. She should enjoy digging and finding things. Then, we can count them and play some basic addition games.
2. I'll cut out some felt mittens and let her practice hanging them on a clothes rack (like in the book). We can practice counting. Need to buy different colored felt at fabric store.
Science:
1. We'll try looking at a coloring sheet of the different phases of the moon, but I think it will be too much for her. We'll definitely look at photos of the moon in books and online.
2. I'd like to look through a telescope at the moon, but I'm not inclined to buy one. I've posted a request on freecycle to see if someone wants to get rid of an old one, or will let us borrow one. We might try David's binoculars.
Language Arts:
1. Have her tell the Goodnight Moon story using her own room and things. I created a template that matches the page of the book and left blanks in the places she can choose what she wants to say goodnight to next. We'll add some photos of her room.
2. Learn the Hey Diddle, Diddle nursery rhyme/song
3. Learn "I See the Moon"
Pretend/Recreating Book Experiences:
1. Make oatmeal for breakfast one day (bowl full of mush)
2. Hanging up mittens on a drying rack (see Math section)
3. Look at the Runaway Bunny book and find the matching image in the Goodnight Moon book
In the bigger picture, I need to clean out her toys this week. Some need to be archived for later retrieval. Some need to be pitched/goodwilled/freecycled. I'd like to rearrange her playspace in the basement as well.
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