We traveled to outer space and back during this week’s Explorastory! Well, not really but we read about it.
Books:
Sheep Blast Off by Nancy Shaw
Here in Space by David Milgrim
I Want to Be an Astronaut by Byron Barton
Find These Books on The Heights Library Catalog
Rhymes & Fingerplays:
Moon Ride (this is a great opener!)
Do you want to go up with me to the moon?
Let’s get in our rocket ship and blast off soon!
Faster and faster we reach the sky
Isn’t it fun to be able to fly?
We’re on the moon, now all take a look
Sit back down, and I’ll read you a book
Five Little Stars
Five little stars
In the sky with even more
One shot off
Then there were four
Four little stars
Winking at me
One shot off
Then there were three
Three little stars
With nothing to do
One shot off
Then there were two
Two little stars
Afraid of the sun
One shot off
Then there was one
One little star
Alone is no fun
It shot off
Then there were none!
Five Astronauts
Five brave astronauts floated into space
The first one disappeared without a trace
The second one somesaulted past the moon
The third one entered the atmosphere too soon
The fourth one took off counting ten to zero
And the fifth one landed safely like a hero
Going to the Moon
Get in the spaceship
We’re going to the moon, going to the moon, going to the moon
Get in the spaceship
We’re going to the moon
Let’s count down right now
5-4-3-2-1 BLAST OFF!!!!
We’re flying to the moon…
We’re walking on the moon…
We’re going back home…
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
Zoom, zoom, zoom we’re going to the moon
Zoom, zoom, zoom we’re going to the moon
If you’d like to take a trip
Climb aboard my rocket ship
Zoom, zoom, zoom we’re going to the moon
5-4-3-2-1 BLAST OFF!!!
The Sun is in the Sky (tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
The sun is in the sky, the sun is in the sky
Hot and bright, it gives us light
The sun is in the sky
The moon is in the sky
The moon is in the sky
Around and round the earth is goes
The moon is in the sky
The stars are in the sky
The stars are in the sky
Twinkly bright, they shine at night
The stars are in the sky
Craft:
We made a space scene using black construction paper and different colored chalk. The kids were able to draw stars, the moon, the sun, rockets, and whatever else they wanted in their space scene.
