This is a catch-up post, but its still really appropriate for any time of the year, right? Our co-op group met to have fun with the classic children's book Goodnight Moon. What a delight to walk into a room remade ... into the "great green room". Look at the pictures on the wall.
And the red balloon!
So many fun details from the story captured in the decorations! It was so much fun.
We started with a devotional and reading of the story. Then it was time for some games. One of the first ones involved a big pile of mittens and gloves. Each child took a turn looking through the pile to find a matching pair.
My youngest silly one found a pair of mittens and then put them on ... her feet! LOL
One of the pictures on the wall is of a cow jumping over the moon. We took time to read the entire poem that this came from and then had the children act out some of the fun parts of the rhyme - like the cow jumping over the moon.
We also played a memory game using pictures from the story.
The children all do a wonderful job waiting and taking turns. Some of them were really good at remembering where the cards were too!
Then it was snack time. Yum!
The "moon cheese" were the round balls (you can see them on the table below).
The "mush" was rice pudding.
Next, they learned more about the moon. Daniel came with me this day and was a great helper. Below they are talking about the different phases/shapes of the moon and what causes this.
For craft time, they made their own moons. They could cut the round plate into any of the moon shapes/phases that they wanted and glue it on the paper. Then they painted it with
glow in the dark paint!!! Isn't that a fabulous idea!!!
They also added stars to their pictures. They turned out really cute!
Our sweet hostess invited us all to stay for a delicious lunch and play time which was fun for everyone!
This is such a fun group and a precious group of moms and children. I'm thankful to be a part of it and my heart is happy to see Eliana participating with them too!
Our next co-op will be on the ABC Bunny and I'll post more on that after we've met.
Blessings,
Leslie
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