Yesterday was our last day of outer space lessons. We’ve had a blast learning about our solar system with the help of National Geographic Kids and incorporating activities to bring what we’ve learned to life. Our final lesson focused on space travel and the moon landing so we decided to make our own space shuttle. This craft can be decorated in various ways so I’ve provided the instructions for our design, along with suggestions on alternative supplies, to help make this project easy to ...
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Solar System Sensory Bin
We’ve been learning about outer space all week with activities that have been both fun and educational. As we continued discussing our solar system, it gave me an idea for our next sensory bin theme. With dry black beans as the base, we added in astronaut figurines, sensory balls, glow in the dark stars and scoops to create this fun sensory activity. This bin would also work great with alternative base fillers such as black pom-poms, deep purple/black rainbow rice or dyed pasta. This ...
Moon Dough Recipe
Continuing our outer space theme this week, we learned about the moon today. We are using resources from National Geographic Kids to guide our lessons. After learning some fun facts and discussing the phases, we decided to make moon dough to create our very own moon. Connor really enjoyed making and playing with the dough. He even added his own craters to the finished product. If you haven’t created moon dough before, it is an easy and affordable recipe with only two required ingredients: ...
Solar System Painting Project
Connor has been really interested in outer space lately so we’ve been learning more about astronomy. With the help of National Geographic Kids, we dove into kid-friendly educational materials on planets and the solar system. After reading about outer space, we decided to paint our sun, along with some of the planets in our solar system. We started by choosing our colors and pouring washable paint into our palettes. Connor wanted a few specifics shades so we decided to mix colors to ...
