The activity set I would choose would be The Planets. This could tie in with an art project where the children could make and decorate their own planet using paper mache, and also with our music lesson.
To begin the lesson I show the children the video of the song, Planet song, invite them to join in and sing along.
I would then ask the children to form a circle in the middle of the classroom like the shape of a planet, with me sitting in the middle. I would ask them what they know about space and planets and discuss what they already know.
Next, I would read them the story ‘I want to be an astronaut’. I would ask them if I was a planet or the Sun? If I was the sun then what could they be?
I would then put them into small groups and show them cards with pictures of the planets and some simple information about the planets. I would give them a few minutes to read and discuss as a group and ask each group to share this information with the other groups.
Finally, in our art lesson these groups to make and decorate their own planets using the pictures they saw. They could start the art that day but we would complete it over a few lesson. It would be fun to play suitable ‘space’ music, i.e Starman, A spaceman came travelling etc, during the art lessons.