PRESCHOOL PLANNER

OCT- DEC 2015

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Theme: Astronomy

Class 1

Aim OrientationAwareness of space and timeIntroduction to the different levels of space

Orientation Tour of education centre (30min) Placing yourself in the neighbourhood.Discuss where the kids live and where they are today. (Kowabunga Education Centre in Bukit Batok in the West of Singapore.)As we enter there is the Family Area where the (5?) year olds have their class.The 6 and & 7 year olds have their lessons in the classroom while we have our lessons in the Art Room.Also show where the washrooms are.Remind kids not to wander off to the other classes and ask when they need to go to the washroom.On return to the class, child is asked to draw the layout of the centre in their lesson books.

Circle Find the hidden pictures (15min) Introductions

Each child is given a list of three items to find.(astronaut, rocket, sun, moon, satellite, comet, Earth, observatory, meteor)Children try to find the hidden pictures.They then place them on the board/wall together.Discuss the different items on the board.It is hoped that the children can work together to help each other find the items.

Break 10.45- 10.55Presentation Nesting boxes presentation

(15min)As described in glossary (p17, 18)

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Activity Making a flip chart (20min)(clean up by 11.30)

Paste the pictures – universe to atom- onto the colour papers.Arrange with the biggest as the cover and paste them onto their lesson books.

(Sight words- astronaut, comet, satellite- lesson carried out individually as the other students do the flip chart.)

Class 2

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Aim Rotation and RevolutionStory of CreationHow the days and months happen

Circle Rotation and Revolution (15min)Recap previous lesson.Demonstrate the nesting boxes again. (vertical and horizontal)Allow students to work on the nesting boxes/ vocabulary cards v1

Being still in a circle.In the centre of a circle, place a ball.Spin the ball.Pretend they are balls and spin - slowly, medium speed and fast

Presentation Story of Creation (30 min) As per glossaryIntroduce solar system mat

Break 10.45-10.55Presentation Rotation and Revolution (20 min) Different kinds of weather.

Why do we have different weather?The four seasons.Explain why we have seasons.Night and day due to the rotation of the earth. (Introduce orbit, rotation, revolution)The seasons due to the revolution of the earth.Use a globe and torch to show night and day/ seasons effect.

Activity Craft (25min) Earth, sun and moon rotation kit.Individual presentation of the rotation and revolution of the earth.Sight word presentation v2 (clouds, rocket, observatory)

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Class 3

Aim Rotation and Revolution IISeasons nomenclatureMoon and the month

Circle Rotation and Revolution II (15min) Recap lessons from Class 2.Night and day is caused by the rotation of the earth and the seasons are caused by the revolution of the earth around the sun.Walking in a circle to show a year.Spinning in a circleDo a birthday walk.Explain rotation and revolution with the sun-earth- moon model made.Use each child to be the sun, the earth and the moon.

Presentation Seasons nomenclature (30 mins) Seasons nomenclature cards presentation.Introduce - equator, northern/southern hemisphere, the axis.Why some places get more/less heat.

Allow the children to take turns to work with the solar system mat/ nesting boxes/ nomenclature cards/ sun-earth-moon kit/vocabulary cards v1 & 2.

Break 10.45-10.55Presentation Moon and the month (15min) We have learned about night and day and the seasons.

A complete revolution around the earth by the moon makes a month. (make use of the sun-earth-moon kit made in Class 2)Present a daily calendar/monthly calendar.How to tell the date.

Activity Craft (20min) A roll-out calendar of my life. (Bring pictures of newborn, 1, 2, 3 and 4 years old)Sight words v3 (moon, earth, sun)

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Class 4

Aim Solar system songMoon phasesMonths nomenclature

Circle Solar system song (25min) Revise lessons from Class 3.The Solar System song (p19)

Allow the children to take turns to work with the solar system mat/ nesting boxes/ nomenclature cards/ sun-earth-moon kit/vocabulary cards.

Presentation Moon phases (20min) Present again the rotation of the moon around the earth to make a month.Using a calendar to tell the date.Moon phases presentation.

Break 10.45-10.55Presentation Gregorian Months nomenclature

(15min)Months nomenclature.Children arrange the months to stick onto their lesson book.

Activity Craft (20 min) Make an oreo moon phases chart using oreos, a spreading knife and a plate.Children can then have the oreos for a snack.Have a moon phases poster visible for reference when making the chart.To provide a moon phases chart for the lesson book.

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Simple Facts.

The earth and the sun are in the Milky Way galaxy. There are many galaxies. All the galaxies are in the universe. The Sun is a star.

Biomes nesting box

1. Universe2. Milky Way Galaxy3. Earth4. Asia5. Singapore6. Image of a child7. Atom Model

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GLOSSARY

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UNIVERSE

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MILKY WAY

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SOLAR SYSTEM

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EARTH

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ASIA

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SINGAPORE

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WEST SINGAPORE

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CHILD

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ATOM

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Waseca Cosmic Nesting Box Lesson Plan

A suggested storyline for presentation:

........Close your eyes and imagine yourself in deep dark space. The space is blacker then the blackest night and it goes on in all directions forever and ever. Imagine that you are moving through this space and ahead you see light. As you get closer, you see that the light is coming from many clusters of light. This is the universe. Open your eyes now. Each cluster is made up of millions of stars called galaxies. One of them are clustered together in the shape of a spiral. This is the milky way galaxy. (Lift the universe box to reveal the milky way)

There is one particular star in this galaxy and if you move closer to it, you will see that it is our sun with planets in orbit around it. This is the solar system.(lift the milky way box to reveal the solar system box within.)

One of those planets is just the right distance away from the sun so that it does not get too hot or too cold to support life. That planet is our earth.(lift the solar system box to reveal the earth box within.)

The earth has water and large areas of land called continents. One of these continents is Asia. (lift the earth box to reveal the continent box within.)

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Within Asia is a country called Singapore.(lift the continent box to reveal the country box within.)

Inside of the building is you, a child. One of seven million people on this planet. An individual who is unique.(lift the country box to reveal the child box within.)

Inside of you are Atoms which are the building blocks of all things on our planet. It contains energy or love, the stuff that holds all of the universe together.(lift the chid box to reveal the atom box within.)

http://wasecabiomes.org/products/cosmic-nesting-boxes

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v1

astronaut

v2

clouds

v3

moon

v1

comet

v2

rocket

v3

Earth

v1

satellite

v2

observatory

v3

sun

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Story of Creation.

How old are you?Five years ago you did not exist in this planet. More than 40 years ago, I did not exist.Billions of years ago, Earth did not exist till Allah created it.We were all not there and we didn’t know what happened but Allah left behind things from long ago that scientists studied to figure out how we came about. From what they learned they believed there was a loud explosion (burst balloon containing sparkles inside) and the parts that make up the universe started to react with each other.

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At first it was so hot, that everything was in gaseous state.Then things started to cool a bit and earth and other planets were formed. (show the solar system mat)Allah gave us the Sun to give us heat and light. allowing plants to make food for us and animals. Allah made it rain, giving us water in lakes, rivers and seas.He placed animals and trees on Earth.And He sent Prophet Adam and his wife Hawa to earth and their generations continued for thousands of years after them to this day where we live.

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http://www.mrswillskindergarten.com/2011/03/space-songs.html

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