Class plan to engage with Space Week (4-10 October) in my Senior Infant Class
Introduce the topic of space by learning some space songs;
Aistear: set up a space station, this will encourage the children’s playfulness and foster their natural curiosity and imagination. Children can ask questions, make predictions and develop their thinking. They’ll learn with their peers and through the fun activities provided throughout space week.
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Art: make a paper plate model of the solar system; children use a yellow pom pom for the centre to represent the sun and understand that the sun is the centre of the solar system and that all the planets, including Earth orbit the sun.
Oreo cookie moon phases
new moon, waxing crescent, waxing half(first quarter), waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, waning half (last quarter), waning crescent.
Children to make rockets and test how far they can go.
Read a selection of space related stories from the class library.