Using thisMoon Song (Animated Music Video), students learn about the phases of the moon through catchy, interesting lyrics.
Using thisMoon Song (MP3), students learn about the phases of the moon through catchy, interesting lyrics.
Goodnight, moon!
Preschoolers learn that the moon is a big, round ball of rock in the sky that we often see at night, and sometimes even during the day. They notice that the moon seems to change shape: sometimes it looks like a full circle and sometimes like a thin smile. They learn the moon doesn't make its own light; it shines because the sun lights it up. And astronauts have walked on it! The click moment comes when a child spots the moon in the daytime sky and shouts, "There it is!"
The moon is right there for every kid to see. These moves build on that wonder.
Sing the Moon Song together with hand motions for each moon shape. Singing it a few times a week builds vocabulary like full, crescent and half.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withMoon Song (MP3)SongsOpen it →Kids nibble or cut paper circles into crescent, half and full moon shapes. Making the shapes with their hands helps them remember the changes.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
Try it withMoon Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Each night for a week, families draw the moon shape they see. Kids share their drawings and compare. Real observation makes science personal.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
To the moon and back!
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They learn the moon is in the sky, it seems to change shape, it gets its light from the sun and astronauts have visited it.
Say the moon looks different because we see different amounts of its lit-up side. Show it with a flashlight and a ball.
The moon is often in the sky during the day too. The sun lights it up, so we can sometimes see it in the blue sky.
Moon songs, making moon shapes with paper or play dough, flashlight experiments and drawing the moon at night are all great.
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