Moon Bread 1 10-count can refrigerator biscuits 1/4 C honey 1/8 C nuts, finely chopped Seperate biscuits and cut each into 3 pieces. Roll each piece in a ball. Dip each ball in honey and roll in nuts. Put 3 balls in each muffin cup in muffin tin. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Makes 10 servings Serving size = 1 roll = 1 bread credit *make a space ship out of a decorated paper bag *the first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova, a Russian cosmonaut made 48 revollutions of the eart on June 16, 1963 *have a Moon Day, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr., landed on the moon on July 20,1969, they were also the first people to walk on the moon *set up a space display on a table for all space object, pictures, books, and pretend space rocks *learn the names of the planets *help the children write a story about the moon that goes with a picture of the moon that they painted *do solar coking *write a letter or visit the web sight NASA *Space Station Collect several different shapes of styrofoam packing pieces. Have children stick the pieces together with round toothpicks to create space stations that float in space. *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 syou re-tell the story have them shine flashlights on the objects. *MoonCake, Happy Birhtday Moon - Fran Asch books. Have a Happy Birthday Moon party, decorate hats and tablcloths, bake cake and sing. Mooon Cake is a great language book - what does the moon taste like? do you think he really went to the moon, etc. Make a rocket ship out of scrap art supplies in the room * Moon Rocks.......go on a ( pretend) space shuttle to the moon to collect moon rocks(you hide). The kids can then paint them. * Build Robots from various boxes and tubes. After they are dry, paint them with gold paint(or silver). You could do this as a group or individual project. * Space helmet Bag Straws Crayons or markers Long underwear Cereal or oatmeal box Yarn or string Paper towel tubes Cutting implements (for adult use only) Tape This activity is good for everyday fun, costume parties, and, of course, Halloween. First, make a paper bag space helmet. Glue or tape on straws to simulate wires,tubes, and other important gizmos one would expect to find on a space suit. (You can also draw them with crayons or markers.) The suit itself can consist of long underwear or pj's. Before your child blasts off,make an air tank out of an oatmeal or cereal box. Make shoulder straps out of yarn or string (watch young children). To make an air hose, tape several paper towel tubes together (slit the ends to make it easier to combine them), then make cuts every inch or two that almost pass through the tube as if slicing a loaf of French bread. Tape one end to the air tank and the other to the helmet. Space action song sung to London Bridge The planets spin around the sun, Around the sun, Around the sun. The planets spin around the sun, We live on earth! The sun is found in the middle, In the middle, In the middle. The sun is found in the middle, It keeps us warm! The stars are twinkling far away, Far away, far away. the stars are twinkling far away, Now make a wish! Moon Bread 1 10-count can refrigerator biscuits 1/4 C honey 1/8 C nuts, finely chopped Seperate biscuits and cut each into 3 pieces. Roll each piece in a ball. Dip each ball in honey and roll in nuts. Put 3 balls in each muffin cup in muffin tin. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes. Makes 10 servings Serving size = 1 roll = 1 bread credit * An indoor look at space MATERIALS: white poster board scissors glow in the dark crayons straigh pin to punch a hole clear fishing line Have the kids cut different sized star shapes out of the white poster board. Use glow in the dark crayons to color both sides of the stars.. Use a pin to make a small hole in some of the stars and thread a piece of clear fishing line through the hole to make a hanger for the stars. Hang stars from the ceiling. With the rest of the stars, use on bulletin boards and walls. Try to form some of the constellations that the children may be able to seee in the night sky, like the big and little dippers. When your starry sky is complete, cover the windows and turn out the lights. You will be amazed!!!!!! (this is really cool in the nap area) * Space Craft Simulator Every successful mission must be simulated in a fake craft. Have the children sit very close to each other inside a rope circle. Lead them through a take off, a bumpy ride and a landing. You will have to be animated to pull this off. * Galactic Mobiles Dough recipe: 2 1/2 c. Boiling water 2 c. salt 4 c. flour Add salt to water, then stir into flour. Have the children knead the dough until it is a good consistency for shaping. Let them roll the dough out and use cookie cutters to cut out star and circle shapes. Each child should have a couple of stars and a couple of circles. Donit forget to put a hole at the top of each shape for hanging. Bake shapes in the oven at 250 degrees for 2 - 3 hours, checking frequently after 2 two hours. Paint them another day. * Creative Art-Planet Painting Put out the paint colors needed and supply them with plenty of brushes. More than likely, someone will be unhappy with the outcome of his planet. Remind the children that there are many planets yet to be discovered and theirs can be one of those. Undiscovered planets can look however we want them to look.. * Cut & Color Table-Star Gazers Give each child an empty toilet paper tube. Cover the end of the tube with a piece of black paper. Let the children gently push a toothpick through the black paper to create tiny holes. Give the children markers to decorate their scopes. To use them, have the children hold their scopes up to the light and look through the uncovered end. This will look like a mini-planetarium. * Four Little stars 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 was none! * Climb aboard the Spaceship! sung to itsy bitsy spider Climb aboard the spaceship, We're going to the moon. hurry and get ready, We're going to blast off soon. Put on your helmets And buckle up real tight. Here comes the countdown, Let's count with all our might. 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1---BLAST OFF! Space and the Great Beyond! *Mobile Make a mobile with the children from styrofoam balls that represents the planets (paint the planets green, blue, red, etc. and hang). *Masks Make masks out of paper plates; let the children make up a NEW planet name and color it they way they'd like it to be; punch holes in sides of plate; cut eyeholes; tie to child's head with yarn. *Gravity Booklet Ask what they think gravity is - you'd be surprised at the answers. Make a small book of their answers and leave it on display for the parents. *We used one half of a LEGG EGG for nylons. Attached three snap clothespins for legs and the children drew faces on the legg egg, SPACE PEOPLE. They were cute. *Large poster board, paint black, punch holes all thru it and hang over ceiling light. It looks like stars at night. one little two little three little planets four little five little six little planets seven little eight little nine little planets orbiting the sun. Mercury Venus and the earth Mars jupitur and Saturn Uranus Neptune and Pluto orbiting the sun. *BLAST OFF: PAPER ROCKETS Ages 2 and Above This rocket is one way to show the famous Third Law of Motion - for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This very important law was first discussed by Newton and remains as a foundation for modem physics. The law can be demonstrated in many ways. Here's one that's simple and familiar. A common occurrence at any fast food restaurant when families receive their drinks is blowing paper wrappers off straws. This activity relates this common experience to the launching of a rocket. You can design rockets, launch them, and compare flight distances as well as in flight directions. Wow! What a blast! *Language with science rocket force blow reaction flight distance launch Things you will need large plastic drinking straws cellophane tape paper scissors What to do 1.Cut 4 strips from a 8 1/2 X 11 inch sheet of paper. 2.Fold in half. . 3.Tape, leaving 1 inch untaped at the bottom. 4.Fold and tape to a point at the top. 5.Tear paper on untaped end to make fins. 6.Put the straw in the end that is not taped. 7.Now have the children blow on the straw, and their rockets will fly. 8.How far can your rocket fly? Compare flight distances. 9.Where did the power to make your rocket come from? Want to do more? Try to get your rocket to land in a designated recovery zone. Place boxes at various distances. Have the children aim and try to land their rockets in a designated box. Encourage children to create their own rocket designs." *Plates in Space required: paper plates paper bowl glue optional: crayons, markers, or tempera paint Paper plates make great flying saucers!! You might want to tape two together to create a curved top and bottom (double up very thin plates). The child can use crayons, markers, or tempera paint to add insignias, gas caps, signs, etc. before proceeding. Once the saucer part of the ship is complete, you'll need to make the cabin for the crew! A paper bowl is perfect! Again, let the child use crayons or markers to daw windows, doors, etc. Affix the completed cabin to the center of the saucer with glue and let it dry. Toss the spacecraft as you would a frisbee (it's all in the wrist....LOL). You can play catch, or several players can each fling their flying saucers and try to land them closest to the landing pad. *Tuning Up For Outer Space (sung to "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 it 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. *Stargazing Cut a doorway in an empty refrig. box. Paint the inside and outside black. Use chalk to mark off constellations on each side of the box. Cup a slit representing the location of each star in the constellations. From the outside of box insert a light from a strand of miniature Christmas lights in each slit. Make sure each light is well into the box and doesn't touch cardboard. Students can listen to music,read or just stargaze. * Last week we talked about EARTH DAY and made a model of the earth. The children cut out a simple earth outline and drew a "happy face" on it. Then they glued it to a paper plate to make it more round and sturdy. I had pre-cut large arm-size rectangles and hand prints. After choosing their favorite color for arms and hands the children stapled one arm to each side of the plate and glued a hand on the end of each arm. Then we brought the arms around in front and stapled the hands together. It looks like a "HUG". We have ecology posters on display with our Earths. We talked about recycling and other things we could to to keep our earth a wonderful place to live. Our story was CLIFFORD'S SPRING CLEAN-UP. Tomorrow we will talk about the MOON. Each of the children will have a sturdy foam paper plate to work with. We will glue on dried beans and other assorted things to provide texture for the moon surface. When it dries we will cover with aluminum foil and tuck the edges over so it doesn't come unwrapped. Then press down gently. This will reveal craters and fissures, etc. on the moon's surface. I also purchased some toothpick flags to stick in too. We will discuss that there really is an American Flag on the Moon! Our story will be MOONCAKE by Frank Asch. *Rockets These rockets that will really take off. They must be made with the clear, white film canisters. Remove the lid. Make the rocket by taping a piece of paper around the canister. The paper should be a little longer than the canister. Tape a cone made out of paper to the unopen end. To make the rocket take off - fill the canister about 1/4 of the way with water. Insert 1/4 of an Alka Seltzer tablet into the center of the lid. Put the lid on tightly. Set the rocket on the ground and watch. It is suggested that this be done outside, since the rockets will shoot up into the air. I found a white sweat SUIT (top and bottom, kid size) and sewed on lg. buttoms, jar lids, look-a-like NASA badge and a silver belt. I spray painted silver on a pair of my old boots for MOON BOOTS. Also, I spray painted an old back pack with silver for the space AIR TANKS. Taking a plastic hose from an old portable hairdryer (found one at a yard sale) I wrapped it around the top of the back pack just in back of the zipper, then cut slits in both sides of the pack and stuck the ends of the hose in. (this is the "air tank" breathing hose!) Fill the pack with paper and use with the space suit. Space AIR TANKS (or jet packs) can also be made from lg oatmeal boxes, wrapped in aluminum foil and two straps, one for ea arm. Cut slits in the oatmeal box and thread the straps through. We have placed sm rocks covered in aluminum foil in these and pretended we found space rocks. For HELMETS we silver spray painted sm (not sandwich bags) brown bags, add pipe cleaner or bendable straw antenna and cut an oval for the face. Would like another idea if anyone has one for other helmets. * "BLAST OFF" Lay chairs down flat on their backs and with the children in them pretend to blast off and fly a rocket ship. * FELTBOARD NUMBERS You will need cut from felt: lg blue circle 10 rocketships, numbered 1-10 lg yellow circle Pretend the feltboard is outer space. Place the moon on the top part and place the 10 rocketships around the board. Ask a child to come to the board and find rocketship number 1, take it off the board , fly it around the room and land it back on the moon. Next have a child find rocketship number 2 and so on. When all the rockets are on the moon place the Earth on the board. "Blast" the rockets off the moon and have them fly (or throw them) to different children. When all the rockets are with children call out for rocket number 1 to "fly back to earth". Continue until all the rockets have landed safely at home! *toilet roll for a space ship-cover witth alumion foil *make a space colony out of cardboard boxes that can be decorated *FLYING SAUCER RING TOSS You will need: 5 paper plates 5 or more soda bottles (2 liter) aluminum foil contruction paper Start by cutting out the centers of the paper plates. Cover these "saucers" with aluminum foil and tape edges. Write the names (I also drew a picture) of planets on construction paper. I used Sun, Saturn, Earth, Mars and Jupiter. Glue the contruction paper label onto the bottles. Set the bottles on the floor and let ea child toss 5 rings to see if he can land on a planet. *SPACE SUIT-DRESS UP I found a white sweat SUIT (top and bottom, kid size) and sewed on lg. buttoms, jar lids, look-a-like NASA badge and a silver belt. I spray painted silver on a pair of my old boots for MOON BOOTS. Also, I spray painted an old back pack with silver for the space AIR TANKS. Taking a plastic hose from an old portable hairdryer (found one at a yard sale) I wrapped it around the top of the back pack just in back of the zipper, then cut slits in both sides of the pack and stuck the ends of the hose in. (this is the "air tank" breathing hose!) Fill the pack with paper and use with the space suit. Space AIR TANKS (or jet packs) can also be made from lg oatmeal boxes, wrapped in aluminum foil and two straps, one for ea arm. Cut slits in the oatmeal box and thread the straps through. We have placed sm rocks covered in aluminum foil in these and pretended we found space rocks. For HELMETS we silver spray painted sm (not sandwich bags) brown bags, add pipe cleaner or bendable straw antenna and cut an oval for the face. Would like another idea if anyone has one for other helmets.