Space week
AISTEAR THEME:
Music: Reach for the Stars (S club 7)
Set up Role play area for ‘astronauts’ to fly their rockets/ land on the moon or planets, carry out experiments for the week.
Tuff Tray area with”moon sand’ and small world rockets, landers, moon rocks for measuring, etc.
Free/ Structured play: use Lego/ Magnet tiles to make a Moon Lander, Rocket, etc
Day 1: -introduction To Space. Brainstorm what space means to the children.
Watch Apollo 11 – The First Moon Walk | Things You Wanna Know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbTaDOuSePk
-Read: “The Way Back Home” Oliver Jeffers. The children could pretend to be the astronaut and write to their alien friend.
-Guided Drawing activity: Draw an astronaut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjnRYnSEuG4
Day 2:- Making a Mouse Rocket Experiment.
-Using the iPad to record expt. Use app “Book Creator” to record.
-Making paper planes to fly outside
Day 3: The Sun and The Moon
Day and Night Lesson similar to below
-Weather dependent: outdoor activity: Sun and Shadows.
-Story: Katie and the Starry Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26w8WJz_9dQ
-Art linked to this book
Day 4: -Planets: The planet song for kids
-Art activity: Planet Sun Catchers – Pre-K Pages (Munchkins and Moms)
-Our Earth/ What’s special about our earth/ Taking care of our earth
Day 5: Pick a planet of choice, e.g, Mars. Learning about Mars, conditions on Mars.
-Design a Martian STEM activity