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2007 Texas Reading Club Manual
Serve Tang in small plastic cups. Tell the children that Tang was taken into space by
the Gemini 4 astronauts in 1965.
Songs
Blast Off!
(Traditional, adapted by Debbie Brightwell Brown. Sing to the tune of “The Itsy Bitsy
Spider.” Suit actions to words as you recite rhyme.)
Climb aboard the rocket ship,
We are going to the moon.
Hurry, hurry and get ready,
We will blast off very soon.
Put on your space gear,
And buckle up real tight.
Here comes the countdown.
Let’s countdown, with all our might!
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1!
Blast off!
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
(Traditional. Suit actions to words or pass out plastic fluorescent stars. Dim the light so
that the stars glow as you are singing. ‘Glow-in-the-Dark’ stars can be purchased online
from The Explora Store, www.explorastore.com/main/glow.asp and other craft stores.)
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How I wonder what you are?
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
How I wonder what you are?
Audio Recordings
“Rocket Ship Man” on Blast Off! by Ben Rudnick.
Flannel Boards
Five Little Astronauts
(By Debbie Brightwell Brown. Use the pattern provided at the end of the chapter to cut
out five astronauts from felt, fun foam, or paper. Place all five on the flannel board and
remove one at a time as you recite the rhyme.)
Five brave astronauts flew out into space.
The first one said ‘we should have a race!’
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