Make-it Topic: Bedtime

Imaginative:

• Place out large blankets and pillows for beds, teddy bears and doll pajamas 
• Place out slippers and teddies
• Place stars on the roof and a moon for viewing

Language:

• Read “Good Night Moon” 
• Read “ The napping house” make a flannel board story with it 
• Read “An awesome book” by Dallas Clayton (found on the internet) 
• Read “Good night gorilla” 
• Talk about dreams, read “Bernstein bears bad dreams” 
• Read “Froggy goes to bed” 
• Make a pajama flannel board activity

Art

• Use tooth brushes to paint with 
• Place out pillow cases for the children to color dream pictures on and take home 
• Use star cookie cutters to paint night pictures 
• Make dream pictures, place out pictures for the children to glue a dream story 
• Make a quilt 
• Give each child a circle and have them create their moon 
• Turn out the lights, tape felts to flashlights and draw pictures

Water/Sand

• Place out sponges and babies for bath time in the water table 
• Place out cotton balls and animals in the sand table 
• Place different type of beds for animals in the sand 
• Place out rubber ducks in the water 
• Have different types of bedding for plastic animals to explore; grass, straw, leaves etc.

Gross Motor

• Have pillow sack races 
• Use a blanket as a parachute, invite the children to hold the ends place a small bear to throw up in the air 
• Have races to see who can put the pajamas on first, use large adult pajamas to place over the children’s clothes 
• Do a pillow jump across the floor

Science/Curiosity

• Make clouds for dreams 
• Place out star charts and books of stars 
• Place out different materials that beds are made of 
• Place out measuring tapes to measure the beds

Blocks

• Place teddy bears and beds 
• Place out people and blankets 
• Place out boxes and small blankets, tents and small people for play

Conceptual/Table top/Fine motor

• Have a monkey to bed number game 
• Bed time sequence cards 
• Place out pillow shapes to match colors and patterns 
• Match the bed to the blankets 
• Play the game: Too many teddies 
• Lace the quilts, slippers, pajamas 
• Sort morning and bedtime pictures 
• Make a napping house sequence cards

Music:

• Sing 5 monkeys jumping on the bed 
• Sing Twinkle, Twinkle little star

Quiet

• Place out a large pillows, blankets and flannel story books

Cooking

• Make bears in bed 
• Place out a slice of bread, spread peanut butter on and place teddy graham crackers, place another ½ slice bread on top for covers

Field trip

• Go to a bed store

Extensions from the activities

• Have a pajama day, bring blankets pillows and bears. Serve milk and cookies for snack, play lullaby’s and record a bed time story 
• Hibernation theme