This year we are studying Astronomy from a christian perspective. We are participating in a co-op for this subject. The kids will put together a science lap book. These are cut out pages that they put together. These pages have questions that the children need to answer. The answers are found in the textbook. This is a great way for them to keep their hands busy and learn alot by listening to me read and finding the answers. Activities help them to take the lesson further.
So, this week they started by learning what a universe was, and who made it, and what NASA is and so forth. The activity called for stuff we didn't have so I changed it a bit. The main idea was to name the planets in order. I boiled eggs (they could be eaten later) and had the kids decorate them as planets. They could use egg dye or markers but they had to have the name of the planet on the egg. - we have learned the planets individually yet so there were no real expectations on what they looked like. But I requested that Saturn at least have a ring of some sort..lol. Then they played speed games to see who could put them in order the fastest. It was fun and they learned the order of the planets.
Yes they learned the sentence but it is different than what we learned.....
Oh, I totally like our old sentence better. "My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles"
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Good use of the eggs. That's a great idea. And being able to use them later is very resourceful!