{I'm behind schedule again. Let's pretend it's Montessori Monday somewhere in the world!}
If I were to run these themed-units over again I would
definitely do this one first.
It makes sense really, to introduce the concept of Earth and
our place in space before diving into detailed studies of continents (see
Africa here) or countries (see Egypt here).
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We did this unit back in February and it actually ended up
staying in the playroom for longer than a month – firstly, because we were
having a lot of fun and secondly, because a few of the things I ordered online
took awhile to get here (the joys of Territory living).
We had a couple of beautiful puzzles. This one was just
right for Hamish (then 4)
and Rohan (2) could do this one with help.
I made a sensory box with some black fish tank rocks,
glow-in-the-dark stars and moon, a star shaped cutter, a globe soft ball, mini cush
balls, various rocks and gems and a space toob.
Lots of star and moon shaped cutters made for a fun experience.
and transferring pom poms with tongs– one per star...
For language we had these great cards which had
multiple uses: Liam (7) could place then in order from the Sun outwards and, as there
were two of each card, we could also play match/memory. This helped us learn the names and gave us frequent exposure to their spelling as well as the visual image of each celestial object.
For practicing numbers we had a constellation tracing
activity – Liam and Hamish could do this one, Rohan just practiced using a pencil.
A huge favourite with Hamish was the number matching rocket.
You rolled the dice to see which number had to be covered and then find the correct shape.
As I was conscious of having presenting topics a little out of
order, I set up a geography/culture section with our mini globe, the
continent cube and some nesting boxes.
Because I found so many great links to shapes in the
space-themed activities I wanted to use, I also decided to include a shape
sorter and a stacking shape puzzle (seen above) – both of which were a bit of a challenge
for Rohan at that stage and not particularly of interest to the older two.
This topic also led itself to including some fun themed lunch
and snack ideas too. We made a rocket sandwich...
and a Solar system tasting plate...
and
because I like lists...
Math
Build
a rocket
Constellation
dot-to-dot
Language
Solar
system cards
Geography/Culture
Globe
Continent
cube
Nesting
boxes
Sensory
Sensory
tub
Space
dough
Rocket
sandwich
Solar
system tasting plate
Practical
Life
Spooning
planets
Tong
transfer
and Science concepts exist throughout. Yay, Science!
Do your kids love space? Got any great activities for the next time I do this?
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