adventures in story land: good night moon
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A Charlotte Mason introduction for preschoolers in the areas of narration, dictation, and living math, along with letter recognition and activities using a classic children's book.TRANSCRIPT
Adventures in Storyland
Ages 3-5
Charlotte Mason inspired story book
studies
Goodnight Moon
Welcome to Mini Unit Studies for Mini Hands. Inspired by Charlotte Ma-
son, the mini studies incorporates copywork, narration, dictation, living
math and nature study for children ages 3-5.
Written by: Richele McFarlin Visit me on www.underthegoldenappletree.com
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Copyright March 2010
All rights reserved
Under the Golden Apple Tree
Richele McFarlin
Table of Contents
Copywork 1-3
Narration 4-6
Dictation 7-8
Letter M 9-11
A Pair is 2 12-14
Nature Study 15-16
Related Readings 17
1
Moon
It is bedtime.
2
Goodnight sky.
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Narration 1
Moon and balloon are words that rhyme. A rhyme is when
two or more words sound alike. Say “moon” and “balloon”.
Can you hear the repetition of sound? What about cat and
hat or dog and frog?
Read Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and find
more rhymes. Draw a picture below of at least two words you
find that rhyme below.
4
Narration 2
What is in the picture above?
Did you see this in our story?
What time of the day is it when you see the moon?
When did our story take place?
5
Narration 3
Goodnight Moon is a story about a little bunny getting
ready for bed.
How do you think the bunny feels about going to bed?
What does the bunny do to get ready for bed?
What do you do to get ready for bed?
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Dictation for Mini Hands
Dictation is the process of a child writing down exactly what a parent is reading to him. While, a 3-5 year old will not be capa-ble of writing dictation for a paragraph or even a sentence in many cases, he can still benefit from this exercise. Letter by letter or simple word by simple word dictation is a tool allowing a child to apply his knowledge of the alphabet and phonics. Dictation Plan Day one:
Introduce your child to uppercase “M” and lowercase “m”. Have him practice writing the letter from the activity pages in this unit study. Provide him with a piece of writing paper appropriate for his age. Tell him to write down exactly what you say as you say it. Now begin dictating: Uppercase M….uppercase M….lowercase m...lowercase m. This only takes a few minutes. For more advanced or older children:
Dictate: Lowercase m….lowercase o...lowercase o…..lowercase n...space
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Then repeat a few times. Allow your child to see that he wrote the word “moon”! Day two: Practice dictating uppercase and lowercase “M” one more time. Then expand on this by using the first letter of your child’s name. Dictate as described on day one. For advanced or older children:
Dictate the child’s name in letters. For instance: Uppercase “K”….lowercase “a”….lowercase “r”….lowercase “a”...space...uppercase “K”...lowercase “a”...lowercase “r”...lowercase “a”. Then you child will have successfully written her name! Day three:
Practice the Day two’s lesson briefly. Continue using single letters for young students. For older students, try dictating some fun words from our story, such as stars, mush, comb, etc. For advanced or older children:
Dictate, letter by letter, having your child space in between words, a simple three word sentence. Your child will be so proud to have written a real sentence!
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Circle the “Ms” in the moon.
The “M” sound is “MMMMMMM”. Pretend you are biting
into a yummy cookie and say “MMMMMM”.
Moon begins with “M”.
Can you think of more words that start with M?
Go on an M hunt around your house and pick out all the
items that begin with “M”.
9
M
In the Bag
Draw a line from the objects that begin with “M” to the M bag.
10
Practice M
Find these “M” words in Goodnight Moon.
11
2 Makes a Pair
How many mittens do you see?
Two items that look the same or are
similar can be called a pair.
This is a picture of a pair of mittens.
How many kittens do you see?
There are two kittens or a pair of
kittens.
How many balloons do you see?
There are two balloons or a pair of
balloons.
How many objects do you see? Yes,
there are 2. Does this make a pair?
Why or why not?
No, this is not a pair. Dogs and ba-
nanas are very different.
After completing this lesson find pairs around your house or draw pairs of items.
Find the pair of mittens and the two kittens in your Goodnight Moon book.
12
Match the Pairs of Shoes
Draw a line from one shoe to the matching show to make a pair.
Activity: Gather several pairs of shoes and mix them all
up. Then have your child match the pairs.
14
Two by Two
Some animals are still waiting for their mate to board the ark.
Guide the pairs of animals to the ark by drawing a line from the
pair to the ark.
15
Nature Study: Night time in
my Backyard.
Here are pictures of some nocturnal animals, plants and insects.
At night you get tired and need to sleep. Did you
know that some animals and plants are nocturnal?
Nocturnal means that an animal or plant is active
during the night. Plants that are nocturnal bloom
during the night and close by day. Nocturnal ani-
mals sleep during the day but are active and feed
during the night.
There is a nocturnal world that occurs while we
sleep. Before you go to bed observe or look
around your yard or neighborhood at plant, ani-
mal and insect life you may see. Be sure to look at
the sky and notice the moon and stars. Draw a
picture of what you see.
Owl Bat
Firefly hedgehog
Evening Primrose Moon Flower
Related Readings to Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Gorilla by: Peggy Rathmann
Froggy Goes to Bed by: Jonathan London
The Napping House by: Don and Audrey Wood
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by: Eric Carle
Draw Me a Star by: Eric Carle
Dr. Suess’ Sleep Book by: Dr. Suess
Sleep is for Everyone by: Paul Showers
And if the Moon Could Talk by: Kate Banks