They colored and cut out Mars and placed in their journals. The younger children colored in their journals and completed their names.
Mars is known as the "Red Planet." It has rocks and red dust. Mars can get very cold. It has craters, mountains and volcanoes. It can take up to 300 days to get to Mars. During this Invitation to Create, they used red sand, paint and paper to create their own representation of Mars. By using materials such as sand, paint and paper children can learn through tactile experiences. They colored and cut out Mars and placed in their journals. The younger children colored in their journals and completed their names.
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Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. It can be extremely hot or cold. Mercury is rocky and has many craters. It orbits around the sun quickly. Mercury has no moons. They colored mercury and glued into their journals. They made a planet Mercury stick, one side is blue for cold and other red for hot. We discussed if they like hot or cold weather better.
They sorted numbers and letters in their journals. The younger children used a glue stick and scrap paper to glue into their journals. They all worked in their journals today. The older kids were encouraged to cut and color earth. For the children that cannot cut on the lines yet, no problem. They practice cutting and tearing scrap paper and will soon be cutting like little pros!
For letter recognition we used an empty box of goldfish. Environmental print is an excellent tool to use in the classroom, it is the print of everyday life. Young children pay attention to their environment and can pick up on letters, numbers and words from their exposure. For their names we made rockets! The younger children worked in their journals using stickers, glueing shapes and coloring. They played with magna tiles building towers.
Earth is the third planet from the sun. Planet Earth is special because it is the only planet in our solar system with liquid water on its surface that can also sustain life. Earth is mostly made up of ocean water. During this Invitation to Create, children used their creativity to design their own Earth collages. They formed a plan and made artistic choices using paper continent shapes, paper plate and paint. They also explored in the space sensory bin.
They traced, sorted, used a q-tip to paint, colored, used puzzle pieces and stickers to create letter Rr.
Comets are big balls of ice mixed with dust and rock. They are sometimes referred to as "dirty snowballs." When a meteor falls toward the earth, it becomes a comet with a fire tail. This is the same as a "shooting star." They chose three paint colors, made a small dot with the first color and created a ring around the dot using 2nd and 3rd colors. They scraped the paint across the paper to make a comet!
The younger kiddos sorted color stickers in their journals. Astronomers are people who study the moon, stars and planets. They use tools such as telescopes, cameras and computers to see what is in space. The word "telescope" is derived from the Greek words meaning "far" and "to look and see." During this Invitation to Create, they designed their own telescopes using cardboard tubes and stickers. They can use their artwork as a tool and pretend they are astronomers.
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