Now It's Nighttime, Now It's Daytime (Tune: Frere Jacques) Now it's nigttime. Now it's nighttime. Time to sleep! Time to sleep! Say, "Good night" to (child's name) Say, "Good night" to (another child's name) Go to sleep. Go to sleep. Now it's daytime. Now it's daytime. Time to wake! Time to wake! Say "Hello" to (child's name) Say "Hello" to (another child's name) You're awake. You're awake. Day and Night Bulletin Board You need: crayons, glue, oaktag, scissors, stapler, light blue and black construction paper 2 brown paper grocery bags construction paper any color aluminum foil Optional: clear contact paper 1. Have pictures of owl,squirrel, chipmonk, raccoon, beaver, duck, or any animal that sleeps during the day and one that sleep at night 2. Color the pictures, mount on ooaktag, and cut out. Laminate if desired. 3. Divide the bulletin board in half. On left side attach light blue background paper, and on right side black background paper. 4. Label the black side "Night" and the blue side "Day." 5. Cut off the bottoms of 2 brown paper bags. Cut up one side of each bag and then flatten it into one long piece. 6. From each bag, cut one long and wide strip to make a tree trunk and oe or two shorter and thinner strips to make branches. Crumple the paper and smooth it out again. 7. Attach one tree trunk and branches to the day side and one tree trunk and branches to the night side. 8. Attach the day animals on and around the day tree and the night animals on and around the night tree. 9. Have the children make leaves for the trees out of construction paper, they can also color the animals. 10. Have the children color or paint a sun on the day side. 11. Have the children make a moon and stars out of aluminum foil. Attach them to the night side. 12. Have the children make people for both sides of the bulletin board. MORE IDEAS FOR MOON ACTIVITIES- to black playdo,add sequins in the shape of stars and moons, and glitter..Use crescent moon cookie cutters. BIG NIGHT MURAL (or smaller collages)-Cut out star and moon shapes of sponges--(You can epoxy film containers to them for handles)Add paint mixed with paint-I use the silver and gold LIQUID WATERCOLORS,or silver and gold tempera paints..If you have a roll of black paper, that is great, but you can paint white butcher paper black on the first day with the kids..I use different papers for the collage, like metalic wrapping paper..sometimes i cut out shapes like COMETS..if the kids have scissor skills, they can cut out their own shapes...use stencils if you want..This was a 3 or 4 day project last year! BIG STUFFED PAPER MOON-crescent moon cut out of butcher paper-paint glue and glitter,and when it is dry, staple the two pieces together,leaving about 12 inches for the stuffing -- crumpled BALLS of newspaper--staple it up, and hang it up...oh!almost forgot you can use glittery fabrics cut in shapes, too.. BIG BLACK BOX-big enough for one child to get into--paint it black inside,cut holes in the sides, or star shapes (Teacher job, especially if you need to use and xcacto knife)..COVER THE HOLES AND SHAPES with clear plastic in colors (Saran wrap) or ellophane or tape clear plexiglass small pieces are available from TAP PLASTICS ..the FUN BEGINS when all is dry and ready, and one child can sit inside with one or two small flashlights..Some like the lid on the box and some don't...Also you can put GLOW IN THE DARK stickers inside, or paint some parts with glow in the dark paint.. BOOK-Papa get Me the Moon-by Eric When we do a day/nite theme and I do a picture gluing half a sheet of light blue paper to half a sheet of dark blue paper - back to back. On the lite blue side we glue things you do in the day and on the dark -- things you do at nite. YOu can make it as simple or as elaborate as you like. I enjoy reading "The very quiet cricket" As the book passes from day to nite. Day and Night Art: Sun painting with straws (blowing the paint). Hot Day.....melted crayon drawings on paper that is laying over a warming tray. Cloud pictures....white paint on blue paper that is then folded in half. Write what the picture looks like. (goes with the book; It Looked Like Spilt Milk) Night pictures with black paper and white chalk Fireflies are fun to do with a night time unit. The Very Lonely Firefly by Carle is great! We use glow-in-the -dark fabric paint to make fingerprint fireflies. To make wings use chalk pencils. The kids take them home and use them at night for night lights....they are great and they love them. I can't remember if I got this idea from this loop or another but I thought this sounded like fun. Attach a small flashlight to a long paint brush. Set up easels in a dark corner and turn on the flashlight. Have the children paint at the easel by following the light that is shining on the paper. Here are a couple other book titles about night time. One is a folktale called "Where does the Sun go at Night?" and another is called "The Night Ones" it is about people who work at nighttime. Sensorial Activity: Cover the end of a paper towel tube with black construction paper. Then poke little holes in the end. Have the children look through the tube. It looks like stars. Create a nighttime collage by using black construction paper and silver things for the collage items. Dramatic Play: Have them bring blankets, favorite stuffed animals and favorite bedtime books and put each other to bed for the night. Let them work with partners. Let one child be the parent and the other the child! One idea is to read "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown. My class then illustrated a class book (one page each). They drew what they would say good night to, and then dictated the words to a parent helper. They love to read these class books over and over again. If you want to get into nightmares/monsters you could read "There's a Nighmare in My Closet". I think it is my Mercer Mayer. I folded a piece of construction paper in half and labeled the outside "There's a Nighmare in My Closet", by _________. Each child dripped various colorsof paint on the inside and pressed it like an ink blot. The kids loved guessing what their creations looked like, and adding more paint and pressing again. To help learn addresses, I die cut out some houses which the kids then decorated and glued to a piece of black paper. On the bottom we glued a slip of paper which said, "The stars live above _______________ (child's address). Each time the child practiced his/her address they could add a sticker star to the sky. After awhile I sent these projects home with a supply of stickers as an at-home project. *Graphs and/or lists: favorite bedtime snack favorite breakfast what keeps you up at night what/who wakes you up in the morning do you take a night time bath or a morning bath *some vocabulary: light, dark sunrise/sunset sun, moon, moon, stars today, tomorrow, yesterday afternoon rest, sleep, nap shadow, shade morning, afternoon, evening, midnight *group game: teacher makes a large sun and a large moon. tell the kids: if I hold up the sun, then you walk around (something you do during the day). But, if I hold up the moon, you go to sleep (something you do at night). *do a sillouette with a flashlight *use a colander with a flashlight in a dark room *listen to lullabies, record what children say helps them fall asleep (you will want to pass that information along to the parents!!!) **Twinkle Twinkle Little Moon** Twinkle twinkle little Moon How I wonder what you're doin' Up above the world so high Like a Pancake in the sky Twinkle Twinkle little moon How I wonder what you're doin' On a sunny day get the children to draw around a shadow - in the morning, at noon and in the evening. During this time they can see the different things shadows do and where they move. Clocks A clock can be made with a circle of cardboard or a paper plate, a paper fastener and something for the hands for example leaves. Put the hands of the made clock on a selected time and place it next to a real clock. Then watch the clocks from time to time till they read the same time. (Helps develop the concept of time passing). Painting *Staple two paper plates together back-to-back. Get the children to paint on side black and sprinkle it with gold glitter, then paint the other side a bright colour. *Potato print with star and moon shapes. *Let the children roller paint a sheet of paper with black paint and then while wet sprinkle with gold glitter or when dry use glue and gold glitter. *String paint with a piece of string dipped in black paint. *Paint a paper cylinder black and then glue on foil shapes of stars and moons. *Place a piece of paper in the bottom of a baking tray or small box. Add a Little black paint and some golf ball or marbles. Then the children move these backwards and forwards to spread the paint and make a pattern. *Use foam paint rollers over the top of paper or plastic doilies. Do this on coloured or white or coloured paper. Lift of for an interesting pattern. *Use cotton buds with black paint. *Use black paint on an easle. Playdough Make black Playdough. We also read Ira Sleeps Over the day before the B&B day. The children had to pack a suitcase at art that day. We added a handle to a large piece of construction paper. The kids could cut, draw, whatever to pack the items they would bring to a sleep over. It surprised me but it was a big hit with the kids. In pre-school, we had a teddy bear day. The children all wore their p.j.s and brought their favorite bear or other stuffed animal. The parents made a pancake breakfast for them and we read the Eric Carle book Pancakes, Pancakes. Goodnight Moon-----Margaret Wise Brown Moon Bear----------Frank Asch Napping House------Audrey and Don Wood Night is Coming----W. Nikola-Lisa No Jumping on the Bed--Tedd Arnold Monster can't Sleep--Virginia Ten in a Bed---? Songs---Twinkle, twinkle.----Rock-a-bye Baby Role-playing----Ten in the bed. Graphing---Bedtimes, Favorite toys to sleep with, Sleep on Back, side, or tummy. We played bedtime charades. We acted out different activities one must do before going to bed. For example, brushing teeth, putting away toys, reading a book, pulling up the covers, rocking a baby, etc. We also threw beanbags into a pillowcase and read The Napping House. when we were finished, we ate pancakes and milk. Have fun! I have done this theme and made pictures of the sun with my 3's using a small paper plate and adding yellow collage items to cover it. I also presented an art project of a night sky using black construction paper and glitter stars and moon shapes to attach. I also classify things to do during the day and things to do at night. I read the story "Goodnight Moon" and "Happy Birthday Moon". This is a good time to introduce oppposites in your theme. Sunshine Breakfast Biscuits-- Use 1 package refrigerator biscuits. Pat each biscuit into a 3" circle. Place on a greased cookie sheet. To make the rays of the sun, press a plastic knife into the dough, not cutting through. Press your thumb into center of each biscuit and drop about 1/2 tsp. orange marmalade into depression. Bake at 450 degrees for 6-8 minutes. Smiling Sun-Cut a big circle from yellow construction paper. Glue onto blue construction paper. Draw a happy face on cirlce and draw rays around sun. Tear yellow foam egg cartons into small pieces and glue along rays you have drawn. Sun Rocks--Yellow powdered tempera, salt or sand, shaker containers, rock, Q- tips, Glue -Mix powdered yellow tempera paint with salt or sand and pour it into shaker containers. Give each of the children a rock that has a smooth surface. Give them use Q-Tips to draw suns on their rocks with white glue. Then let them sprinkle the yellow salt or sand over the glue. Lightning Bugs - On a warm, calm, summer night, You might see a yellow light Dart in the air from bush to tree. Whatever can that bright light be? Go get a jar, with a lid that's tight, And try to catch your own night light! Scratch Art--Color a piece of paper with yellow crayon. Mix a small amount of liquid soap into black paint (soap helps paint stick to waxy crayon). Paint over the yellow crayon. Let dry. When dry scratch off paint to make stars and moons. Shadows--On a sunny day get the children to draw around a shadow - in the morning, at noon and in the evening. During this time they can see the different things shadows do and where they move. Painting Staple two paper plates together back-to-back. Get the children to paint on side black and sprinkle it with gold glitter, then paint the other side a bright colour. Potatoe print with star and moon shapes. Let the children roller paint a sheet of paper with black paint and then while wet sprinkle with gold glitter or when dry use glue and gold glitter. String paint with a piece of string dipped in black paint. Paint a paper cylinder black and then glue on foil shapes of stars and moons. Place a piece of paper in the bottom of a baking tray or small box. Add a bit of black paint and some golf ball or marbles. Then the children move these backwards and forwards to spread the paint and make a pattern. Use foam paint rollers over the top of paper or plastic doilies.Do this on coloured or white or coloured paper. Lift of for an interesting pattern. Use cotton balls with black paint. Use black paint on an easle. Playdough---Make black Playdough. Big yellow moon shines so bright, (Arms above head in circle shape.) Glides across the starry night, (Arms move from left to right.) Looks down at me (Hand shades eyes.) Asleep in bed, (Hands together at side of face.) Whispers, "Good night, sleepyhead." (Forefinger in front of mouth.) Big yellow moon, your turn is done. (Arms above head move down in front of body.) Here comes Mr. Morning Sun. (Arms move above head in circle shape.) I wake up. (Arms stretch out.) You go to bed. (Hands together at side of face.) "Sleep well, Moon, you sleepyhead." (Forefinger in front of mouth.) Make star gazers out of toilet paper rolls and wax paper. Color with glow in the dark crayons. Talk about Night Animals and what they do. Owl Babies is a great book for night time animals. Discuss animal sleeping habits. Find out what animals sleep during the day and are awake at night. What animals are heard first thing in the morning? Where do animals sleep and in what position do they sleep? Choose some animals to pantomime while they are asleep. Decorate boxes like little beds for their stuffed animals. Ready for bed: Find out what each child does before going to bed. Ask questions like who takes a bath? Who listens to a story? Talk about the different ways everyone gets ready for bed. Have on hand some of the things children might use when getting ready for bed. Some suggestions are a toothbrush, toothpaste, washcloth, soap, book, glass of water and blanket. Ask the children to recall and share their bedtime routines. Use the props to act them out. This is a good activity for sequencing. Goodnight Moon- Read story, flannel board re-telling and then set up Goodnight Moon Room with all the objects set up like the book. Have children bring flashlights to school and as you re-tell the story have them shine flashlights on the objects. For snack time you could serve cereal. Have the children discuss their favorite kind of cereal and graph the results. Some books are: Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown The Goodnight Circle by Carolyn Lesser *DAY AND NIGHT PICTURE Take a regular sheet of white construction paper, and covered 1/2 with black paper. On the white side the kids drew a sun, grass, birds whatever they wanted they could see in the daytime. On the black side they put a yellow moon, star stickers, drew an owl with a pencil (shows up on black paper). *SHADOWS On a sunny day get the children to draw around a shadow - in the morning, at noon and in the evening. During this time they can see the different things shadows do and where they move. *CLOCKS A clock can be made with a circle of cardboard or a paper plate, a paper fastener and something for the hands for example leaves. Put the hands of the made clock on a selected time and place it next to a real clock. Then watch the clocks from time to time till they read the same time. (Helps develop the concept of time passing). *PAINTING FUN Staple two paper plates together back-to-back. Get the children to paint on side black and sprinkle it with gold glitter, then paint the other side a bright colour. *POTATE PRINTS Potatoe print with star and moon shapes. *ROLLER PAINTING Let the children roller paint a sheet of paper with black paint and then while wet sprinkle with gold glitter or when dry use glue and gold glitter. *STRING PAINT NIGHT String paint with a piece of string dipped in black paint. *DRAW A PICTRE Turn off the lights and have the children draw a picutre in the dark. Turn on the lights and see what they made. For added fun use glow in the dark crayons. MARBLE PAINTING Place a piece of paper in the bottom of a baking tray or small box. Add a Little black paint and some golf ball or marbles. Then the children move these backwards and forwards to spread the paint and make a pattern. *SENSORY Make black Playdough. A good book to read is "Nothing Sticks Like a Shadow" by Ann Tompert.