Showing posts with label space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space. Show all posts

Monday, January 22, 2024

To Infinity and Beyond!

 To Infinity and Beyond! Join us as we travel to outer space.

As you know, we begin every unit with a letter.

This time, I just included some astronaut badges.

Sometimes I read letters about the planets but we aren't 

studying the planets, we are just enjoying space :)


Here is how we store our centers.

I share my room, so these get covered when I leave 

for the day.  Fear not, there are plenty of other toys in the rooms :) 



Felt stories from Target.



Here we made some star constellations.
 


Balance toys also from Target.


I got these on Amazon for a fab price. $9.89!!


This is a giant felt board around 3x4 feet.
They lay it on the floor and play!


Magnets two sets both from Target.




Two space puzzles, 
one garage sale and the circle one from Target.


I would, however, suggest to just get the whole bundle!






In our journals we drew rectangles and 
added triangles on top then their flight plans!


I asked them to name some shapes-
and of course, someone picked a hexagon lol

Then we cut out shapes and glued them in 1 at a time.


Luckily, I found some space stickers!













Saturday, December 22, 2018

4k Frogs

Here is our January calendar:


Here is our dramatic play schedule for the year




Here is our plan for  the year



Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Week in Review: Space



When we do the calendar board.
We say the letter name, sound, and object.
Listen very carefully for the last one, 
you must whisper it lol




I found this pasta at WalMart.










 Straw Rockets

I got this magnet set from Target.
We saved the inside for a stencil.
The top sheet was like a Colorform material. 







We hid an astronaut behind the planets.

Mini erasers


Lite-Brite

So I bought Mad Mattr... the bag is small.  
I thought it was going to be bigger :(


We're working on our pouring skills.


Our space toys




Friday, January 26, 2018

Kinderpond Goes to Space

Learning Board

Letter U


Color  Gray


Shape- Oval


Numeral- 21


Name Practice- Binder


Monday-


Poem: Carpet Games


Alphabet Study: Discovery Toys ABC  
I used ESGI to assess and we are definitely lacking in our letter sounds :(
To use this, we say apple apple /a/ /a/ /a/ (sounds)
This made a HUGE difference when I taught kindergarten.  We did this one every day!  On Friday's we start at Z and go backwards.  One of the reasons they can all say the alphabet backwards!  
apple
baby
cookie
dolly
elbow
flower 
garden
hammer
igloo
jelly
kitten
lion
monkey
necklace 
ostrich
pumpkin
quarter
rabbit
scissors
tiger
underwear (we whisper.each.and.every.time. lol)
vacuum 
window
x-ray
yoyo
zebra





Fine Motor: Letters Punch Sheet

Science: Space Video



Art: White crayons on black paper
We rarely use white crayons or pencils, so today is the day!!

Writing: Tracing Cards

Theme/Life Skills: Space Toys
I got a Space Toob and these toys



Tuesday
Story: Space Flannel Set From Target to make our own story


Alphabet Study: TaraWest

Fine Motor: Make a constellation on a Lite Brite
Add a black piece of paper to your Lite Brite and create your own Milky Way!

Science:  $T "Space" Crystals 

Math: Space Kids



Art: Draw/paint a rocket ship  
I am going to print out a very simple rocket ship and leave it by the easel. 


Writing: Writing  Flight Plan


Theme/Life Skills: Space Shaker 
I have a bigger nut container filled with rice.  I added these into it and the kids shake it around to find everything on the gameboard.



Thursday


Poem: Number Formation Poem  So we do the 2 and the 1 and say 2,1 to make 21. 

Alphabet Study:  Star Sensory Bin
Fine Motor:  Scissor Skills


Science:  Moon Rock Drop
Find different rocks from the moon.  
In a shallow bin add flour/powdered sugar/cornstarch as the moon's surface.  From at 2 or less feet, drop rock into moon's surface.  See how big a hole it made.  Shake bin to flat again, try with a different "space rock"


Math: TaraWest



Theme/Life Skills: Pouring Water into containers
I got this pitcher from Dollar Tree.  We will be working on pouring into cups today.



Friday
Story: Aliens



Poem:  5 Little Astronauts





Alphabet Study: TaraWest

Fine Motor: Shape Clip Cards



Science: $T Science check experiment.

Math: TaraWest

Art: Mad Matter Sand


Writing: Tara West Letter Tracing


Theme/Life Skills: Straw Rockets



Shopping List:
Space Toys
White Crayons
Black Construction Paper
Lite Brite
Colored Rice/Pasta ect
Shaker bottle
Star erasers
Straws and Milkshake straws (WalMart soda aisle)
Black Play-doh!

Mad Matter- Amazon (link above)


Dollar Tree
Crystals
Pitcher- kitchen section
Black Sand
Black Rocks
Glow in the Dark Stars
Flour/cornstarch/powdered sugar

Space Rocks of different sizes