We are off to outer space this week to explore the sun, moon, stars and planets. We may even have an alien encounter!
Crafts
Heavenly Mobile- we'll use glue and lots of glitter to make a sparkly mobile
Starry Night Drawing- wet chalk on dry, dark paper will help us create a night time sky scene
Toilet Paper Tube Rocket- get ready to blast-off with our very own rocket ship
Alien Antennae- this fun headband will transform us into creatures from another planet
Activities
Planet Sort- we will arrange the planets in size order from biggest to smallest
Star Patterns- using the felt board and our felt stars, we will create various patterns and try to figure out what come next
Night Sky- Eva will get to hone her fine motor skills decorating the exploration station with tiny star stickers to create her own constellations
Heavenly Body Toss- using a tissue paper sun, moon and earth, we'll try to toss them into a galaxy (aka laundry basket)
Books
Hi! I stumbled upon your blog from thebump.com. This is wonderful! I'm a former 1st grade teacher turned stay at home mom as well and want to start doing some more "structured" activities with my almost 2 year old to gear him up for preschool next year. I think he'll love this!
ReplyDeleteSo many books about starts, that's wonderful. Plus you can always found a moon bounce somewhere close and go explore that, maybe some footage (tv) and I know you can get your hands on space station journals and read some silly clips to kids. I know it can be a stretch for little ones but you really never know what will stick. My 2.5 year olds constantly stumble me with all the information they retain.
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Thanks for stopping by Monkey See, Monkey Do. You have so many fun and exciting things to do for space and all of those books...wow! Can't wait to see pictures.
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