To begin the lesson discuss some interesting facts about the Moon:
• The Moon can be seen from anywhere.
• The Moon continuously changes shape. In all cultures, the moon has played a very important role in the dividing the time into months. Each lunar cycle takes about one month.
• The Moon is multi-cultural: on and around the Moon, all people of Earth have immortalised characters of their culture through fairy tales and myths. Lots of cultures celebrate the moon. Discuss some of these cultures.
I like the activity: Make your own Moon.
Make sure you have enough paint, coloured craft sheets, spheres, glue, and scissors for each group. Engage the children’s interest in the Moon by showing them a white paper circle. Ask the children if it looks like the real Moon. Now show them the crescent-shaped white paper. Explain to the children that they are going to find out what the Moon looks like, and why it is that some people say they can see shapes like people on the Moon. Ask them why they made their Moon the way they did. Pay particular attention to the colour and the shape. Ask them if the Moon really looks like that. Explain that the Moon is really a sphere. From the Earth we can only see one side of the Moon at a time, which is why it looks flat. Sometimes we see the Moon as a circle, and sometimes as a crescent.
Read book: “Man on the Moon” by Simon Batram.