Monet came into the Creative Room today and asked me if there were beings living on Mars. We checked the web and found a site called StarChild that gives a basic introduction to each of the planets and our solar system. It also provides a few simple activities to reinforce the information gained from the pages.
I also found a great site on Enchanted Learning that gives the relatives size, temperature, orbital velocity, gravitational pull, etc., for each planet.
Monet came up with an idea to label the rooms in our house according to the size of the room=size of the planet. He's making labels out of 5x7 index cards with the name of the planet, a drawing of the planet, and a description of the planet: "Cold Mars," "Icy Pluto," "Watery Earth," etc. He'll then stick each of the cards to the corresponding doors with Handy Tac. :-)
This is what I call taking advantage of a learning opportunity. A child asks a question. You learn the answer together.
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