Image Books, Lanterns, Playdough, and Extra

The harvest moon is a few month away (on Tuesday, Sept. 17), and that implies that my very favourite season can be approaching!

The harvest moon appears to mark the top of summer season and the beginning of autumn, though technically the autumnal equinox (on 9/22) is the official begin of the autumn season. After I see that big orange moon hanging over the horizon, it at all times appears to be saying that fall is right here, in all her glory!

My household and I like marking the altering of seasons, so listed here are some methods you and your college students can have fun the upcoming harvest moon.

Learn a Image Ebook

There are such a lot of nice image books in regards to the harvest moon and the shifting of season. Listed here are a few of our favorites:

Hi there Harvest Moon

Possum’s Harvest Moon

We Collect Collectively

Goodbye Summer time, Hi there Autumn

Make a Harvest Moon Lantern

When you’re planning on venturing exterior at nightfall to see the harvest moon rise, why not create a particular lantern to carry with you?

All you want for this undertaking is a transparent glass or plastic jar, mod podge, tissue paper (or translucent kite paper), a battery operated tea mild, and a few twine.

Merely cowl the surface of your jar with a layer of mod podge, then lay on a bit of darkish blue or black tissue paper for the sky. Reduce out a moon form (and stars if you’d like, or possibly a spooky tree), and mod podge these to the highest of the blue paper. Add one other layer of mod podge to cowl the whole exterior of the jar, and permit it to dry.

Tightly wrap some twine across the lip of the jar to create a deal with for carrying. Pop in a battery operated tea mild and there you will have it!

Make Harvest Moon Playdough

Harvest moon playdough is so enjoyable! You may make your personal playdough and use meals coloring to make it harvest-moon-hued or be happy to make use of yellow store-bought playdough.

Right here’s my favourite, SUPER EASY selfmade playdough recipe: (tailored from my fav playdough recipe from @wovenchildhood)

Combine collectively:
– 2 cups white flour
– 1 cup fantastic salt
– 3 tablespoons cream of tartar
– 1.5 tablespoons vegetable oil

Rigorously stir in 2 cups of boiling water + yellow meals coloring

Permit it a couple of minutes to chill, knead collectively till it varieties a clean, pliable dough.

We like to make use of canning jar rings to chop out moons from the playdough, and you may even use them to make the phases of the moon!

Try these Phases of the Moon Flashcards

Draw the Harvest Moon

Chalk pastels on black paper look AMAZING for this. Simply seize a bowl or spherical object for tracing, and hint a big circle onto a bit of black development paper. Use chalk pastels (or common chalk) to paint in your circle with yellow and orange hues. Use your finger to mix.

Coloration the remainder of the paper with a deep blue sky, mixing along with your finger as you go. You should use a white pastel so as to add stars.

Lastly, draw some wheat stalks within the foreground – or no matter you observe once you view the harvest moon in your space – with a black pastel, and admire your harvest moon paintings!

Educate Your Children In regards to the Harvest Moon with the Autumn Journal

For extra assets on studying in regards to the harvest moon, take a look at my printable Autumn Journal. On this in-depth printable nature examine, your scholar will study all in regards to the harvest moon, autumn bushes, fall fungi, apples, spiders, fall foraging, and extra. This 28-page nature examine unit consists of anatomy and truth pages, flash playing cards, coloring pages, and interactive actions!