The girls had fun learning about astronauts today. They enjoyed the moon dough, straw rockets, and astronaut training course. We got our recourses for today from the A is for Alligator, Apple, Astronaut Teachers Pay Teachers pack.
Astronaut Science
- We watched this Preschool Astronaut video first.
- Next we read rom the Abeka Preschool Language Development Cards to learn more about the astronauts.
- She also did her matching Astronaut page from her Abeka Letters & Sounds for 3’s book and a number page with Abeka Numbers and Skills with Button Bear.
Astronaut Writing
- The girls each had a similar writing paper for the letter A. My 3 year old had a capital A and lowercase a with tracing arrows, along with an astronaut to color. The 5 year old had the same paper, but added a short poem and more tracing A’s and a’s on the bottom. I found both of these in the A is for Alligator, Apple, Astronaut Teachers Pay Teachers pack.
Astronaut Balancing Tree
- I found this little Astronaut Balancing Tree for the girls to play with today. They had a hard time balancing it, so we just set it on the table for them to place the tiny astronauts on.
Straw Rocket
- We printed out the Straw Rocket Outlines and then cut them out. We each colored one and then attached the larger end of the pipettes to the back of the rocket with tape. We inserted a straw into the pipette to launch the rocket by blowing up on the straw.
Space Dress
She wore her favorite dress today, her space dress.
Moon Dough (cloud dough)
- She got some Butter Cloudz for her birthday and we decided to use it to create a moon for our astronauts from our Astronaut Balancing Tree to stand on. I gave them each a number tile from Math Box, and then they each placed that number of astronauts on their moon dough.
Star Count
- I printed out the Star Count Activity game and then cut the pieces and laminated them. Then she counted the number of stars on each piece and placed them on the proper number.
Astronaut Worksheets
- We watched The Magic School Bus Lost in Space episode that taught us about the planets.
- I printed out the Astronaut Trace page for her too.
- We also practiced our shapes with the Star constellation Shape Trace paper.
- Last we cut the planets to complete the Planet Pattern page.
Playdough Stars
- I printed out and laminated the Space Play Dough Mat. She rolled out yellow Play Doh and used a star cookie cutters to place the appropriate amount of stars on each page.
Active Astronaut
We found this Go Danny Space Race Song for some active time today.
Astronaut Training
- We had some indoor astronaut training. She jumped on her mini trampoline, then hopped on her two handled hippity hop and last she spun around on her gymnastics bar.
My “a” Book
- I read the My “a” Book by Jane Belk Moncure to the girls too. An astronaut helps Little a in the book.
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