Transcript Little Explorers of Big Space

What is in Space
We are a class of 4 year old Little Explorers and we
want to explore and discover Space.
We become familiar with Space by looking at Space
books, watch videos, use the internet and see
PowerPoint presentations.
We start to discover Space by reading the e-book
‘What Is the Solar System? Storybook’ at
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/home/F_Ames_
What_is_the_Solar_System_Storybook.html
We read an e-book ‘Korky in Space’ at
http://www.sunshine.co.nz/nz/kia/books/korky2/kspace.html
We sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with the
Teletubbies at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/teletubbies/nurseryr
hymes/twinkletwinkle/
We read another e-book ‘Flying from the Sun to the
Stars’ at
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-space.htm
We also watch PowerPoint presentations.
We look at Earth which is our planet as it is seen from Space.
Another PowerPoint presentation we enjoy is ‘The Solar’ system.
We talk about the shape of
the planets.
We identify the colours of
each planet.
We look at the planet that
has rings around it.
We count the planets from
1 to 8
We explore observation tools. We use magnifying glasses,
binoculars and a telescope. The Sun and the planets are
far, far away.
We discover that the Sun is a ball of fiery gases, not
solid like the Earth
The Sun is a source of light.
We must be protected from the sun by putting on
sunscreen and caps to cover our heads. The sun can
harm us and make us sick.
We dramatize the
Sun in our school
yard.
We also sing Mr.Sun.
The Earth turns around and
the planets go round the sun.
We discover the shape
and colours of Planet
Earth. We explore a
globe. We discover where
Malta is. We also find
Poland, Spain, Scotland
and Czechoslovakia on
the globe.
We make Earth
models out of play
dough
We explore the planets with picture cards from
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/act09_im
agecards.html
We see big planets and small planets.
We put the planets in order.
We discover numbers whilst
on the topic Space.
We enjoy doing the Lift Off.
We count the number from
10 to 1 backwards. Wow!
It is such fun imagining we
are rockets and shouting Lift
Off!
We make number games
with coloured rockets.
We put numbers in order
starting from the number
one.
We know how to count
from one to ten.
We colour big and small stars. We cut them out,
glue them on thick paper and play with them.
We count and sort the big and small stars.
We colour and cut rockets.
We stick numbers and
make into a cylinder
mobile.
They look very nice
hanging from the ceiling.
We explore a 3 dimension
jigsaw puzzle .
We make stars with
yellow paint and
golden glitters.
We make telescopes
to gaze at the stars.
We make the shape of the
sun from rice cakes, cheese
and finger sticks.
We bake star and planet
cookies.
Oh what fun and the
cookies are delicious!!