A favorite game of many children, this exciting rhyme lets the children help count down from five to a blastoff at zero. They know what will happen when the count reaches zero, but the anticipation while counting makes this rhyme a great skill-builder for understanding sequencing, the order in which something takes place.
Try this…
Give your child a prop, (an empty toilet paper roll or a colored scarf). Ask him to pretend it is a rocket ship and they are the astronaut at the controls. Ask them to count down with you and then lift their rockets high on blastoff. Or ask him to squat down, pretending that they are the rockets, and to jump up on blastoff.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going very soon.
If you want to take a trip,
Step into my rocket ship.
Zoom, zoom, zoom,
We’re going to the moon.
5,4,3,2,1. . .Blastoff!
Information taken from The Early Literacy Kit by Betsy Diamant-Cohen and Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting Visit me on the web at getreadytoreadclub.blogspot.com and see ALL the wonderful things you can do with your preschooler!
Looking for books on math to read to your preschooler? Ask the librarians at the Matteson Public Library and we can help you find what you need!
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