Monday, May 3, 2010

The Universe - the planets

First, we sang this song.  (I left out the verse for Pluto.) Bear loved it and we sang it frequently throughout the day.  As we sang it, I placed the planet cards I printed from Montessori Mom in order from the sun.  I used the sun card from My Montessori Journey for our sun picture. The solar system diagram is from Coloring Castle.

Then bear colored (looking at the planet cards to match colors)...


...cut...
(Bear can't cut circles yet, so I drew the lines to guide her in cutting out the planets. She does cut a perfect straight line.)
...and glued
as baby brother desperately tried to get in on the learning.
The planets Bear colored and cut out are also from Coloring Castle.


Tomorrow, we will use beads, oranges, plums, and balls of playdough to build our own solar system based on the directions from here.  And we will go online to look at this moving diagram.
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9 comments:

  1. Joyful LearnerMay 3, 2010 at 10:31 PM

    Wonderful project! I know we will have to revisit the planets as we only touched upon it when JC was younger. I will bookmark this for reference. Thanks for sharing!

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  2. TiciaMay 3, 2010 at 11:55 PM

    Wow, he's gotten big!

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  3. KarenMay 4, 2010 at 8:59 AM

    It's a Great Proyect!!! I Love it!!! you're Inspiring!!!

    Thanks for share it!!

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  4. XYZZMay 4, 2010 at 9:27 AM

    Love it! Short Pants has had a lot of questions about the planets lately and I've been thinking we need to do a solar system lesson soon. I'll definately use yours as our model - thanks for sharing.

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  5. Natalie PlanetSmartyMay 4, 2010 at 5:08 PM

    Very impressive! I am also bookmarking it for the future. You really do great things with Bear.

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  6. SusanMay 5, 2010 at 2:13 AM

    Seriously is your little sweetie a few months younger than my guy? I'm always amazed at what she can do. Thank you for sharing! I always look forward to reading your posts and adding to my idea files.

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  7. An Almost Unschooling MomMay 9, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    I love the song, but I just can't adjust to Pluto not being a planet :)

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  8. TiciaMay 9, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    And I love how you drew the lines for her cutting out. I used to do that for my guys, it helps so much.

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  9. Deb ChitwoodJanuary 18, 2011 at 1:20 AM

    Great universe activities! And thanks for your thoroughness in posting photos and links to your activities! I linked to your universe posts at http://livingmontessorinow.com/2011/01/17/activity-of-the-week-montessori-inspired-astronomy-activities/

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