I would choose the activity set The Planets. I feel this area provides lots of opportunities for exploration and education in a fun, active and hands on way.
Introduction: I would gather the children together in a circle and find out their prior knowledge, what they already know about the sun and the planets. I would ask some open and closed questions and write down all the information they provide collectively on the whiteboard.
I would read a picture book about planets, Adam’s Amazing Space Adventures. I would start by naming the planets from the sun. We would look at some images of the planets and discuss the facts to describe each planet.
I would play the planet game which would be lots of fun and hopefully the children would remember some of the names of the planets and begin to understand that the planets revolve around the sun.
I would show the children the video of the song, Planet Song and encourage the children to join in and sing along.
Finally, for the art lesson that week I would get the children to make and create their own planets using papier mache. I would encourage the children to focus on images they have seen and the facts they have learned about each planet and try to show this in their art work.