The activities in this set are really helpful to further develop the theme we have in my Senior Infant class, Space Travel Agent.
We actually completed Esero 19 Special Life last year and I would use it again next year. As a stimulus we read the story Aliens Love Underpants. We then had a really in-depth discussion about aliens. It tied into our Ethical Education lessons as focused on opinion and that it is a matter of opinion whether we think aliens exist. I reiterated throughout the lesson that there is no proof that they do exist. We then brainstormed what items on Earth we think aliens would find fascinating.We had previously read the story Aliens Love Underpants so a lot of children said that. They then drew the items they brainstormed on their mini whiteboards. In groups the children then completed the drama activity described in Esero 19. We finished the lesson by each child drawing a picture of an alien. As this led into art time I used this as my art lesson for the week and we were looking at directed drawing, so we used Art for Kids Hub on youtube and followed a tutorial to draw the aliens. The children loved it, it was probably their favourite art lesson of the year.