Night time

Today’s preschool lesson was on night time.  Really we talked about this to prep for the next lesson on nocturnal animals.

We discussed the difference between night time and day time then read Goodnight Moon.  While reading we talked about how the rabbit knew it was night time, what he and the other things were doing and what they saw in the pictures… like the mouse that is on every colored page.

We then talked about what we do at night and play acted each step of getting ready for bed… putting on pajamas, brushing teeth, getting a drink, reading stories.  Then I told the kids that I used to stay up at night time to learn about the stars and showed pictures of the night sky.

During snack (carrots cut in circles and raisins) I encouraged them to make their own constellations while I showed pictures of some and told the stories behind them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our activity after snack was to poke holes in a paper and connect the ‘stars’ to make our own constellations.  They then dictated the ‘myth’ or story behind their own constellation.

Our constellations included a train, a turtle (that was also reported to be crocodiles and a mouse), a kite and a playground.