Today was a fun day for the kiddos. We studied Neptune and Saturn and they both loved the Neptune swirl painting project. I adapted it a little to fit the materials I had so instead of using a box top, we cut the blue paper in half so it would fit in a paper plate with a high lip and it worked great. Each child chose two colors and then gently shook and rolled their balls around the plate to create some really fun designs. The paint was a little thick so I might thin it with a little water next. I'd also stick a piece of double-sided tape to the back of the paper because once it had a little paint on it, it started to buckle upwards, which made it a little tricky to get the ball all around. I cut circles out of the paper once the paint had dried (I had to blot a little of it up that was still wet) and we glued them to the black paper. The kids counted out the 14 moons of Neptune and each wanted to add one star to their picture. What a great technique that could be used for lots of different projects (I'm thinking Easter egg pictures...)
Spinning like Saturn was also a fun activity for them. We have tons of balls and plastic eggs so we had fun spinning them all to see which ones spun fastest and which ones spun the longest. The winner was a large green jingle bell but the most fun was a large crocheted egg my grandmother made that would stand up on its end.
The Saturn wands were a fun project too and I see them being used with great enthusiasm along with our Dance N Beats routines.
Our last activity was the Space Play. Since they are so little, I acted as narrator while they took turns putting the planet cutouts on the storytelling background that was included with the theme. They had a lot of fun acting out the directions at the end of each planet section, especially getting big like Jupiter.
We were still missing one of our friends due to illness and hope to see her back with us on Monday when we learn about the galaxy (and make Galaxy Goo!) and rockets! 5..4..3..2..1..blast off!
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