Outer Space

What a fun day! I was so surprised to see all the things the kids already knew about our solar system. They could all identify the earth, sun and moon. They knew some of the names of different planets. And they knew that astronauts fly in rockets and can bounce on the moon.

We also talked about why they can float in outer space, the milky way, what each planet looks like and how astronauts can live so far away.

I just love finding fun craft ideas on Pinterest. This was a great craft that we sprayed white watered down paint onto black paper and then added our planets, some stars and glitter. (I am sure there has to be a planet that looks glittery :)

Lots of planets! I think he would have added more if we didn't run out :)

I love this book! It is about a Bold Lady that does everything she can to finally catch a star. The kids really loved it and were so excited when she finally got a rocket. They knew she would finally catch one.

 They also loved this book because it has real pictures of the Solar System.

We made astronaut food. Well not really but talked about how they eat everything out of packets that have dried food.

Ours turned into Vanilla pudding.

Good thing Miss Julie had enough to have seconds and thirds.

The two little Scientists who thought it would be fun to look at their planets with  "telescopes" to see all the craters and spots on each planet.