One of the favorite books for all of my toddlers over the years has been “Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown. The simple rhyming and repetition is calming for my little ones. We took the book line by line and did some activities for each line. I used some of these FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
Abeka Curriculum
I was able to incorporate several of our Abeka nursery lessons into this unit as well. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Goodnight Moon Tot School Unit:
- Language Development
- Arts & Crafts with Button Bear
- Summer Fun with Amber Lamb
- Learning Numbers with Button Bear
- Nursery Arts & Crafts
- Child Art for 2’s
Goodnight Moon Sensory Tub
I put in the black beans for the dark night sky background. I also added some other things that I found around the house. A stuffed star, three stuffed teddy bears, moon shaped cookie cutter, a little toy cow, a tiny tea set, I made a button clock, a red pompom for the red balloon, some star beads, a felt pair of mittens that I made, and two little kitten toys.
Color: Yellow
Shape: Crescent
Number: 2
Letter: M (moon)
- Abeka Language Development card 1
- Abeka Nursery Arts & Crafts pg. 1 & 55
“In the great green room”
- She painted with green paint on a white paper.
“There was a telephone”
- Abeka Language Development card 65
- Abeka Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 101
- Learn phone number FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
- She also played with our Fisher Price toy phone.
“And a red balloon”
- S reviewed her colors by coloring the balloons on page 2 of this download. Then I cut it out and folded it into a book.
- Colors of balloons on FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
- She also played with a red balloon all week.
“And a picture of—”
- She painted a picture with Crayola paint on her Melissa and Doug easel.
“The cow jumping over the moon”
- Cow and moon FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
- I got this printable from Homeschool Creations. I added a craft stick to them so she could make the cow jump over the moon.
“And there were three little bears sitting on chairs”
- I cut out the bears and chairs for S to sort them by size. Then she wanted them to have a “bowl of mush” too.
- Bears and chairs FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
“And two little kittens”
- I printed the 2 Little Kittens printable for her to color.
- Kitten printable FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
“And a pair of mittens”
- Abeka Language Development pg. 144
“And a little toy house”
- She played with a little toy doll house.
“And a young mouse”
- Abeka Language Development card 51
- Abeka Child Art for 2’s pg. 53
- Abeka Summer Fun with Amber Lamb pg. 35
- Mouse coloring sheet FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
“And a comb and a brush”
- She used the comb and the brush to comb her baby doll’s hair.
“and a bowl full of mush”
- She used yellow Play Doh and a small bowl with spoon to make a “bowl of mush”.
“And a quiet old lady who was whispering “hush””
- She rocked and hushed her baby dolls before she put them in her crib.
“Goodnight room”
- I printed the Goodnight Room Coloring Page for S.
“Goodnight moon”
- FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers. She painted with yellow paint on a white paper where I drew a crescent moon.
“Goodnight cow jumping over the moon”
- Abeka Arts & Crafts with Button Bear pg. 25
“Goodnight light”
- Abeka Language Development card 25
- Abeka Child Art for 2’s pg. 25
- She used the dot dauber paint for her lamp.
“And the red balloon”
- FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers. She painted with red paint on a white paper where I drew a balloon outline.
- She placed red pompom in a blue star silicone tray.
“Goodnight bears”
- Abeka Language Development card 10
“Goodnight chairs”
- She sat her teddy bears in her little chairs.
“Goodnight kittens”
- Abeka Language Development card 15
- Kittens and mittens FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
- I found this 3 Little Kittens for her to match mittens with the kittens.
“And goodnight mittens”
- I made these mittens out of felt for her to match with left and right.
“Goodnight clocks”
- Here is the Hickory, Dickory, Dock coloring page.
- Mouse and clock coloring sheet FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
- She also played with her wooden Melissa and Doug Shape Clock.
“And goodnight socks”
“Goodnight little house”
- Abeka Language Development card 34
- Abeka Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 17
- Abeka Nursery Arts & Crafts pg. 177
- Color the house and moon FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.
“And goodnight mouse”
- I made a Color House Mouse game out of felt. I had the mouse behind a house and she flips over each colored house until she can find the house mouse.
“Goodnight comb And goodnight brush”
- She dipped her comb in some paint on a white paper to make a different kind of print.
“Goodnight nobody”
- Abeka Language Development card 33
- Abeka Summer Fun with Amber Lamb pg. 59
- Abeka Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 29
“Goodnight mush”
- She had oatmeal for breakfast.
“And goodnight to the old lady whispering “hush””
- Abeka Language Development pg. 153
“Goodnight stars”
- She put star stickers on black construction paper.
“Goodnight air”
- I drew a moon and stars with a white crayon on white paper. Then she painted with watercolors over it to reveal the hidden pictures.
“Goodnight noises everywhere.”
- Abeka Language Development card 52
Chewy Sugar Cookies
Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 Cup Butter
- 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1//2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Cookie Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray
- Cream together the butter and sugar.
- Add the egg and mix well.
- Stir in the flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla.
- Form dough into a large ball and place in a bowl to refrigerate for a hour.
- Roll the cookie dough onto a floured surface about 1/4 inch thick.
- Cut out the dough with cookie cutters and place them on the pan.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Cool and add the buttercream.
Buttercream Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup Crisco
- 4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 tablespoon milk (if thick)
Buttercream Directions:
- Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
- Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
- Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
- Color with yellow food coloring.
We made star and moon sugar cookies with yellow icing and sprinkles.
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