We borrowed a ton of books about stars and the stories behind the stars. We especially loved the book with the glow-in-the-dark constellations!
I bought some glow-in-the-dark stars and added magnets to the backs of them. She used a cookie sheet to recreate some of the constellations that we read about.
J began working on her Observatory which she informs me that she will use with her little animals. It is made from a two liter bottle and mode-podged newspapers. She is painting it pink - one of her favorite colors.
Another project she worked on this week was making constellations with marshmallows and pretzel sticks. Here is the Little Dipper.
This one is Cassiopeia. She then ate her hard work for snack.
Then, she made her own constellation for her Space notebook.
Her constellation was The Family Constellation - a picture of her family in stars. Isn't that sweet? One more week and we are done with our Space Unit. See you soon.
Love this! So inspiring! I need to know details about your planning. I have 3 boys at 3 different stages and I'm struggling with organizing and planning for 2 of them (mostly). So, if you have the time would you please share your method(s)?
ReplyDeleteSorry, it took so long to answer you. You may not like my answer though. For a long time, I would stress about planning my new units. I would write out what we were going to do each day, what we were going to read, etc... But then, something would happen and throw my plan out the window. While "planning" (loosely) my space unit, I knew the topics I wanted to cover for each week, picked a few activities (not too many) that I thought would aid in their learning, and borrowed a ton of library books. I tried to have at least one hands-on activity that both children could do (if the younger one wanted to). I also left Friday open to finish last minute projects so things didn't pile up. Believe it or not, this space unit was the first unit that I didn't totally plan to the extreme. It was definitely freeing and I believe that it helped my kids to have fun learning! I asked J what she wanted to learn about, she said space, and we went with it. I am not sure this helped any...if you have any more questions, please ask:) Thanks for reading.
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