I have chosen the activity set of the planets. We teach the planets in junior infants but at a basic level.
I would introduce the planets by some work on planet earth and the children would have prior learning about earth.
I would ask the children to sit in a circle and show them an orange balloon and tell them this is our sun. I would ask questions to elicit knowledge about the sun. Then I would show them the planets video by story bots.
I would put a visual of the planets on the white board and then ask the children if they can remember any planets from the story. As children named them, I would match them to the visual. I would also ask children to pick from a selection of balloons and we would label the balloons with name and a small photo of each planet.
We would finish by sharing their favourite planet and why.
The next lesson we would move on to the position of the planets and the children would be active and moving around. Subsequent lessons would involve some recording of learning in their SESE journal.
We would try and remember some planets mentioned in the video