Outer Space II

We started the week with a painting project: each child was given a piece of paper with a circle drawn on it, and it was interesting to watch as they experimented with filling in the inside of the circle, then filling the outside, or not. Every child said that they were painting a planet of some sort; a "rainbow planet" or "Earth" or "Mars". 

 We offered cut out circles on the marker table, and some of the children colored them in to make planet, others used the shapes as a springboard to cutting out their own shapes.

 AND we painted on glass with green and blue paint, which when lifted from the circle becomes a beautiful representation of Earth. 

 And then came the most fun; recycling our cardboard! Good-bye cardboard, you were so much fun!

And then there was time in the snow!

Until Next Time,

Michele

Outer Space

We started our outer space study with cardboard boxes on the rug and a "control and communication center" that has keyboards, phones, books about planets, and cards with pictures of our solar system available for the children. There are crayons and markers available for decorating the boxes, and a model of our solar system for the children to experiment with.

Our art work has been focused on experimenting with circles and intense colors, and printing "craters" onto a circle (with slinkies!)

We had an expert on planets visit us, and he showed us, with stuffed "planets" (the children called them parker pals) the scale of the distance of the planets from the sun AND described the planets for us, including facts about asteroids, stars, and comets. 

And, stars!

Until Next Time,

Michele