Attention Getter: Pajama Show and Tell
On pajama day, we always invite the children to wear their pajamas and bring a blanket. At circle time, we have pajama show and tell. Each child gets to come up, show their pajamas, tell what they love about them and then twirl around. Then we wrap them up in their blanket and see if the children can describe what their pajamas looked like.
Activity 1: What Do You Dream About?
Discuss bedtime routines by showing some simple pictures of what children may do before going to bed such as: brushing teeth, reading stories, having a bath, playing with toys, and getting in their pajamas.
Then, ask them if they ever have dreams when they are asleep. Go around to each child and let them tell you what they dream about.
Book: Where the Wild Things Are
Read the story of Where The Wild Things Are. In this book, Max causes a raucous and is sent to bed without any supper. When he falls asleep, he dreams of traveling to a magical land filled with wild things who like to have just as much fun as he does. When Max finally awakes, he discovers that his supper is waiting for him in his room.
Activity 2: Max's Story Sort
After the story, talk about what happened BEFORE Max's dream. What happened DURING his dream. And finally, what happened AFTER his dream. This process helps the children differentiate between what parts of the story are real and what parts are not real.
