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Article: Moon "lit" science: make your day shine with moon-filled read-alouds and lunar science activities.
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Papa, Please Get the Moon For Me
By Eric Carle (Simon and Schuster, 1999). When the moon gets small enough, a loving father climbs a ladder and takes it from the sky to give to his child.
> After reading this Eric Carle classic, ask students if they could really take the moon from the sky. This should provoke a loud "No!" and discussion about how the story is "made up." Invite students to share other imaginative ways to travel to the moon, such as using a giant slingshot or riding on the cow who jumped over the moon. Then have the children write and illustrate their own fanciful stories about traveling to the moon. Reading and sharing these stories is a ...