CU 8.02Parts of the Day
The child sorts photographs of their own day into morning, afternoon, evening, and night and learns the names of the parts of the day.
Presentation
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Invite the child to bring their envelope of photos. Lay out the four header cards in order.
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Point to the sunrise card: 'This is morning. The sun comes up and we wake.' Find the photo of the child waking and place it under morning.
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Point to the high sun: 'After lunch it is afternoon.' Place the lunch or playground photo.
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Point to the sunset: 'The sun goes down. It is evening.' Place the dinner photo.
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Point to the moon: 'It is dark, and we sleep. It is night.' Place the bedtime photo.
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Give a three-period lesson on the four names.
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Invite the child to sort the rest of the photos and turn them over to check.
What catches the child’s eye
- Seeing photographs of one's own home and family at school
- The sky changing from sunrise to stars across the four header cards
Extensions, easiest to hardest
- Name the part of the day at arrival, at lunch, and at going home
- Sort picture cards of animals that are awake at different times, such as an owl at night
- Talk about how the sky looks in each part of the day
- Draw one thing the child does in each part of the day
Control of error
The family writes the part of the day on the back of each photograph, so the child turns it over to check.
Ready to move on when the child…
- Names the four parts of the day in order
- Sorts own photographs correctly
- Uses morning, afternoon, evening, and night in conversation
Guide note
Ask families for photographs well ahead of time, and have drawn cards ready for any child whose family cannot send them. Routines differ between families; accept each child's own order.