Giggles-n-Grins Preschool: Learing about the Solar System in Preschool

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Learing about the Solar System in Preschool

Learning about the Solar System, was probably one of my favorite weeks! The kids had so much fun! I really enjoyed the fact that my son was drawing "constellations" for several days afterwards. ☻

Here is a a sample of some of the fun things we did:

We made star mobiles, and here the kids are modeling them on their heads. The kids loved making these!

We made up our own constellations and even gave them a name. This was really fun, and the children were able to learn about what a "constellation" is.

We made an earth out of coffee filters. This was also a really fun activity. The kids were fascinated as they watched the colors blend together.

We also made star gazers our of cardboard toliet paper rolls. We decorated them with markers and star stickers.

We sang a little song about the planets several times each day. This helped us name the planets, and put them in order- by which one is closest to the sun.

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