A week on Space!

Yahoo for space week!  Our letter is Rr, for rocket of course!

Crushing Chalk - We crushed chalk to create chalk paint.  The kiddos gleefully used blocks to smash up the chalk.

Once our chalk was crushed, we added a bit of water and some glitter and we painted.  We are going to use our paintings to create our solar system.

Backyard - A friendly game of Sorry and some planetary Oreos to munch.

Oh deer! -  Ha.  As we lined up at the gate, we found some deer hair that got stuck on the fence as they jumped over it.  Cool.

Tp Rockets - The kiddos decorated their rockets, then we added flames and a nose cone.  They got right to work and let their imagination and a full bin of tp rolls help them create fabulous rockets.

This tp rocket is crazy tall with tons of rocket boosters...

Chalk Solar System! - Once we finished drawing our solar system, we sang our song and hopped our way through it a few times.  

 

One kiddo added the Hobble Space Telescope in the orbit of Earth.

Flying Saucer Plates - These turned out better than I thought.  The kiddos decorated them...  Then flew them.  Watch out!  They really zoom!  These are two sturdy paper plates stapled together. 

Reading Space Books -

Space Pjs - This cutie pie wore his space jammies to class.  Aren't they great!

Paper Plate Astronauts - Youngsters - I showed the kiddos some pictures of astronauts, then they created a self portrait, of sorts.

Shiny Rocket - Toddlers - The kiddos loved the pretty, shiny rockets.  I cut a rocket shape from cereal boxes, covered them with foil then glued them to cardstock.

Tomorrow is the Pi day of the century!  3.1415926....  Of the century because its:  3-14-15.  Cool huh!  The kiddos helped me chalk my sign.

Solar System Collage -  Using our chalk paintings from Monday we created these fabulous collages! 

Go Alka Seltzer Rockets! -

 

Favorite YouTube Planet Song - We have listened to several, but this is by far our favorite.  Click the link:  HERE!
 

Another one we enjoyed is: HERE!