We love this song from StoryBots all about the moon!….

ROTATIONS OF THE MOON

Our moon rotates around our earth, once each day.

Try this activity to help your child understand the rotation of the moon:

Stand in the middle of the room and explain that you are the earth. Invite your child to be the moon by running or walking all the way around you.

MOON ENVIRONMENT

Create a moon landscape for your child by placing pillows all over the floor. Then cover the floor with white or yellow sheets.

Encourage your child to explore the moon and walk across the moon surface, wearing their moon boots. You may also want to play some moon music too.

Extension: Moon Journal for giraffes – let’s track the different shapes of the moon with this moon journal from “Buggy and Buddy” and see what we discover!

Did you know our African Anteater loves to eat ants and bugs and all sorts of insects? It uses its long, sticky tongue to lap up to 50,000 insects a night from inside termite mounds or underground ant nests.

This week let’s explore our gardens and see what kinds of bugs and insects we can find.

Benefits include: Observations skills, learning about nature, early maths through “data collection” and “analysis”, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination from ticking/crossing off on the list, language development as you explore and talk about texture, colour, shape and size, learning how to be gentle with other living creatures and also learning the names and habits of different kinds of insects, where do they live? What do they eat? And why are they here?

Download Bug Scavenger Hunt PDF here