M is for Moon
I am the light of the world.
Matthew 5:14-16
2 Corinthians 3:18
Last week we studied The Sun, this week we are studying The Moon. One of our activities was paint to A Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh [what we did yesterday]. I got the idea of tracing, mixing glue & paint, and using a fork from this amazing kids art book called Art Treasury
. Nation and I worked on it together...he's really artistic! After that we played with moonsand [aka: I swept it up for hours after].
Today we learned about the phases of the moon and did an activity I saw on Pinterest. I never thought I'd hot glue gun an Oreo to cardstock. Little did I know!
Later this week we have an outdoor activity, month long moon chart, will be building a cardboard box rocket ship and making a phase model out of paper plates. Pretty sure eating the extra Oreo's today will have been Nation's favorite activity of the week though.
The Five books we are reading are:
1. Good Night Moon
by Brown [Easy Reader]2. The Moon Seems To Change
by Brantley and Emberley [informational, love!]3. Fool Moon Rising
by Fluharty [favorite! Christian fictional about the Moon not boasting in the Sun]4. On the Moon
by Milbourne5. Wake Up, Sun!
by Harrison [Easy Reader]
And we also purchased the Uncle Milton Moon In My Room
for the kids!
for the kids!
And enjoyed Magic School Bus' video: Space Adventures
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Don't forget to check out YouTube for the clip of the man walking on the moon...very powerful!
--Find my M is for Moon on Pinterest Here---
End of the week update:
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| Having Nation color in the moon phases for the month every time we look at it. Moon Mobile on right. |
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Moonsand moon & tactile activity. Dot 2 Dot Alphabet letter M worksheet. |
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Cuisenaire Rods & Book |
Love the Oreo moon phases! Makes me think of the Oreo ice-cream cake I made over the weekend for my sons bday. Eating oreos is always a good thing :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE it! You are doing such a awesome job! Makes me sad that I didn't homeschool Caleb his kindergarten year :-( This is such a fun curriculum and you are making it so much better! I need to get inspiration from you today.
ReplyDeleteoh, I forgot to mention that you should try mixing white glue with saving cream (and paint to change the color) to make puffy paint. We made a puffy moon that way.
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