Activity Set : space and aliens
Circle time discussion about the planets and with a particular focus on Mars. Have a photograph of the planet.
Trigger question : what would aliens look like if they lived on Mars.
Think pair share about their ideas and teacher records some adjectives on the board.
Children are then invited to sketch their alien on a piece of paper and share it with the class.
Children can make their alien with playdough and can mix colours and display their work on a large 2d planet mars. The children can paint it and add craters etc.
As an extension lesson the teacher can read Oliver Jeffers “the way back home” and integrate space with a literacy lesson.