PRESCHOOL PLANNER

OCT- DEC 2015

Theme: Astronomy
Class 1
Aim
Orientation

Circle

Orientation
Awareness of space and time
Introduction to the different levels of space
Tour of education centre
Placing yourself in the neighbourhood.
(30min)
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.
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
Presentation

10.45- 10.55
Nesting boxes presentation
(15min)

As described in glossary (p17, 18)

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

Aim
Circle

Rotation and Revolution

Story of Creation
How the days and months happen
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)

Break
Presentation

10.45-10.55
Rotation and Revolution (20 min)

Activity

Craft (25min)

As per glossary
Introduce solar system mat
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.
Earth, sun and moon rotation kit.
Individual presentation of the rotation and revolution of the earth.
Sight word presentation v2 (clouds, rocket, observatory)

Class 3
Aim
Circle

Rotation and Revolution II

Seasons nomenclature
Moon and the month
Rotation and Revolution II (15min)

Presentation

Seasons nomenclature (30 mins)

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 circle
Do 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.
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
Presentation

10.45-10.55
Moon and the month (15min)

Activity

Craft (20min)

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

Class 4
Aim
Circle

Solar system song

Moon phases
Months nomenclature
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)

Break
Presentation

10.45-10.55
Gregorian Months nomenclature
(15min)

Activity

Craft (20 min)

Present again the rotation of the moon around the earth to make a month.
Using a calendar to tell the date.
Moon phases presentation.
Months nomenclature.
Children arrange the months to stick onto their lesson book.
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.

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.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Universe
Milky Way Galaxy
Earth
Asia
Singapore
Image of a child
Atom Model

GLOSSARY

UNIVERSE

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.)

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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.)
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

v2

v3

astronaut
clouds
v1

comet

v2

v3

Earth

rocket
v1

satellite

moon

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 didnt 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.
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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