Using the idea of Rocket mice in an infant classroom.
Using the song ‘Zoom, zoom, zoom’ as a starting point to our topic of Space / moon trip. Ask the children how they went to the moon in the song and also any other ideas of how one could travel to the moon. Explain to the children that they are going to make their own Rocket ship. Ask for ideas of how they could do this. Explain then what you are going to do and materials needed for the rocket mice also explaining that what goes up must come down. Each child will be given the opportunity to design and decorate their own Rocket mouse using paper, feathers, googly eyes, string before attaching it onto the top of the bottle. Ask them what they think will happen when they squeeze the bottle before allowing them to squeeze it. Then they can try for themselves and see what happens! As an extension activity they could time each other to see how long it takes for the mice to go / come down.