Tonight’s sky beamed with the our long awaited “Blue Moon”. Hope you’ve enjoyed this experience as much as we have. We brought our Moon story to a close with more songs and here’s one of our absolute favorites – an instrumental piece.
We just sat and watched it play on the screen in darkness… taking in its magnificent beauty. Sometimes you need to slow things down to bring out the best. And sometimes you just need a great beat to enable the lyrics or lesson to stick… try Mr. Lee’s “Phases of the Moon” in a rap. We think it is rather catchy.
Speaking of the phases of the moon, here’s another great learning video from Songs Of Higher Learning also called “Phases Of The Moon”. Take a listen, we love this one too.
Of course we love the songs designed for the little ones like “Man On The Moon” and “Hey Hey Mr. Moon”.
We love reading as much as we love music and dancing, so naturally we continued our adventures through story time. Here are a couple more good ones to consider…
Full Moon Barnyard Dance by Carole Lexa Schaefer: Cute tale of barnyard friends pairing up and dancing by the river in the moonlight.
Full Moon Barnyard Dance
Long Night Moon by Cynthia Rylant: Beautifully illustrated, it speaks to the moons named each month by the Native Americans.
Long Night Moon
Night Of The Moon Jellies by Mark Shasha: Sweet story about a boy who finds a jellyfish washed up on the shore, later discovers its a magnificent moonjelly. He and his grandmother sail to sea to return it and watch all the moonjellies light up the water.
Night Of The Moon Jellies
Homeroom At Home facebook page offers more pictures and tips on a Moon lesson plan. Also, our main website offers video suggestions and reviews for the Solar System; click here to jump over now.
It’s been an incredible journey. We’ve enjoyed learning the ASL sign for moon and how to say it in Spanish (La Luna). Via and I have had a great time reading all sorts of stories about the moon or including it as a main story element. The crafts and music have been particularly fun. This is a fantastic topic with so many options for exploring. Parents, keep in mind that my little monkey is only two and a half, so I’ve had to dial our activities back to her age group and attention span. There is so much more you could incorporate with regard to a lesson on the moon… be it a weekend camp-out or a summer long adventure. Be sure to mix it up to keep their interest and allow their imaginations to go wild… after all that’s how we landed on the moon to begin with. We’d love to hear about your adventures, so please share your stories and pictures.
We conclude our festivities with a beautiful song: “I See The Moon And The Moon Sees Me” with great anime visuals.
Thank you for joining us on our “Once in a Blue Moon Journey”! #BlueMoon
Really cool post! I love the moon and I relished pointing out to my daughter as soon as she was old enough to definitely see it. My husband and I used to love hearing her say, “Moom! Moom!” before we had even seen it ourselves. I will look for the moonjelly book! Another great book that’s not specifically about the moon, but features it, is called “Bats at the Beach” by Brian Lies. Definitely check it out!
Really cool post! I love the moon and I relished pointing out to my daughter as soon as she was old enough to definitely see it. My husband and I used to love hearing her say, “Moom! Moom!” before we had even seen it ourselves. I will look for the moonjelly book! Another great book that’s not specifically about the moon, but features it, is called “Bats at the Beach” by Brian Lies. Definitely check it out!
Thank you so much for the comment. My little always finds the moon before me and I don’t think I’ll ever tire of it. I’ll definitely check out the book you suggest. Have a wonderful week, Barbara
such great books about the moon. who knew? gonna research those now. thanks!
Oh yes, you should… but perhaps you have other suggestions for us?
Excellent content in this whole series! I’m wondering: Where did you find the time to compile all these facets and links? I also really liked the closing song.
Thank you. Pulling a little of this and a little of that is my specialty. Sometimes it takes longer than others but in the end it is beneficial to have a comprehensive list of resources to include reading, hands on activities, pictures and video as well as exhibits, museums or other adventures tying a theme together. This moon series really made sense for us, since Via loves the moon… so we played it up and taught a toddler what we could and if she were older we would have spent more time exploring. Thanks for enjoying the series and hopefully you enjoyed the moon as well. PS – we really enjoyed the songs too.
Excellent content in this whole series! I’m wondering: Where did you find the time to compile all these facets and links? I also really liked the closing song.
Thank you. Pulling a little of this and a little of that is my specialty. Sometimes it takes longer than others but in the end it is beneficial to have a comprehensive list of resources to include reading, hands on activities, pictures and video as well as exhibits, museums or other adventures tying a theme together. This moon series really made sense for us, since Via loves the moon… so we played it up and taught a toddler what we could and if she were older we would have spent more time exploring. Thanks for enjoying the series and hopefully you enjoyed the moon as well. PS – we really enjoyed the songs too.