Weekly Theme  (Start Monday, continue with the theme all week)

This week's theme is the MOON.  ~Moon Coloring Page~

The vocabulary word is full (moon) - the moon is full when it is round like a circle and all lit up.  When something is full it is completely there.

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

When Moon Fell Down by Linda Smith
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle
Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
Happy Birthday, Moon by Frank Asch
Mooncake by Frank Asch
I Don't Want to Live on the Moon by Jeff Moss

Poems that support the theme:

Full Moon
by Katrina Lybbert

The moon is full, round like a ball,
The light shines down upon us all.

The moon is full, with a glorious light,
I'm glad to see such a lovely sight.

The Moon
by R. L. Stevenson
(In the book, A Child's Garden of Verses)

Songs that support the theme:

Songs about the Moon at Kididdles.com

The Man in the Moon
Man in the Moon
The Moon
Moon Dreams
Moon, So Round and Yellow

Gross Motor Skills Activity:  (Monday)

Act out "Hey, Diddle, Diddle."  Place a round cushion or ball in the center of the floor.  As you come to the part in the rhyme about the cow jumping over the moon, your child can jump over the "moon" you have made.

Play catch with a yellow or white ball (pretend moon).

Fine Motor Skills Activity:  (Friday)

Make a "mooncake."  Bake a round cake and then let your child spread on the icing (yellow or white).  After you have iced a full moon, you could cut it into a crescent shape, bit by bit, to show the phases of the moon.

Shape/Color  (Tuesday)

This week you will teach the shape of a crescent.

• Collect 3 - 5 everyday objects in the shape of a crescent... ie: croissants, banana, make one out of felt, etc... to share with your child and discuss.
• Walk through your home looking for crescents. (Or look in a magazine.)
• Cut crescents out of playdough or cookie dough... bake the cookies!
• Bake some croissants!
• Put a drawing of a crescent on your learning poster.  ***Use black paper so that next week you can color the crescent white.***

The letter this week is the letter K.

• Give your child a printout of the (capital) letter K to color.  ~Letter Printouts~
• Teach your child to trace the shape of the letter K using his finger.  You can trace in pudding, finger paint, a shallow tray (cookie sheet) filled with rice or beans, etc.
• Point out the letter K in signs, cereal boxes, etc.
• Post the letter K on your learning poster.

The number this week is the number 11.

• Show your child 11 objects to count, or eat 11 mini crackers, 11 cheerios, etc.
• Show your child the written symbol (numeral) for 11 and put on your learning poster.
• Add 11 stickers to your counting book.
• Show your matching index cards for the number 11 to your child.
• Draw 11 crescents on a piece of paper and count them with your child.
• Walk around your home counting 11 of many different objects.

The nursery rhyme this week is The Man in the Moon.  Recite often!

The man in the moon
Looked out of the moon
And this is what he said,
"Tis time that, now I'm getting up,
All children went to bed."