Outer Space

3...2...1...BLAST OFF!!!  It's Space week here and we are all having so much fun as we pretend to be astronauts!  We have even been doing astronaut exercises like lunar leaps and galactic gallops! 

We've also spent a lot of time talking about the planets and constellations.  Some of the classrooms made their own planets from coffee filters.  We also made a school wide solar system that we hung up in the hallway in the correct order.  Each classroom made 1 or 2 planets so that we all contributed.  The children are really proud of it- I'm not sure we will ever be able to take it down!

The Pre-K class took a walk down the hall to look at the Planets! 
They also practiced saying them in the right order!

While talking about astronauts, we of course have to learn about rockets!  The children made their very own rockets while practicing writing their name.  Our cooking project was "Rocket Dogs" were we made hot dogs look like little rockets!

The Pre-K class really enjoyed actually getting to launch a rocket!  Enjoy the video! (It's so cute but I'm not the best at shooting video!)

This is the rocket before they launched it!