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Preschool Homeschool Curriculum: Earth, Moon, and Sun Lesson Plan

Preschool Homeschool Curriculum: Earth, Moon, and Sun Lesson Plan

Objective: To learn about the Earth, Sun, and Moon

Message: The Earth revolves around the Sun. The Moon revolves around the Earth.

Book(s):

Music: Earth and Sun (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM01YJF8xT4)

Fine Motor Skills:

  • Science Centers pages 180-189
  • Color Day and Night (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/teaching-day-and-night/)
  • Phrases of the Moon (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/learning-moon-phases/)
  • Moon Phases (http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/identifying-moon-phases/)

Craft/Activity: Sun-Earth-Moon Model (http://easypreschoolcraft.blogspot.com/2011/11/sun-earth-moon-model-craft.html)

Materials

  • Paper plate
  • Thick white paper
  • Yellow, blue, green, and gray crayons or markers
  • Scissors
  • Hole punch
  • Brass fasteners

Directions

  1. Cut a medium circle, a small circle, and two long strips from the thick white paper.
  2. Color the paper plate yellow.
  3. Color the medium circle green and blue.
  4. Color the small circle gray.
  5. Punch holes in the centers of each circle and on the ends of each long strip.
  6. Connect the paper plate to the medium circle and the medium circle to the small circle.
  7. Explain that the Earth (medium circle) revolves around the Sun (paper plate) and the Moon (small circle) revolves around the Earth.

Cutting Practice: Cut page 59

References

Let’s Learn to Cut (2+). 2011. Spectrum Early Years. ISBN 978-1-60996-206-7
Take It to Your Seat Science Centers, Grades PreK-K. 2005. Evan-Moor Educational Publishers. ISBN 978-1-59673-090-8

Earth, Moon, and Sun Preschool Activities

Image Credits

Preschool Homeschool Curriculum: Earth, Moon, and Sun Lesson Plan © 2015 Heather Johnson
Earth, Moon, and Sun Preschool Activities © 2015 Heather Johnson

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