Space Week

This is the last week of summer camp! Can you believe it?? I sure can’t! We are wrapping up our summer with space J

Monday:

·         moon crater art projects

·         If You Decide to go to the Moon by Faith McNulty and Mooncake by Frank Asch

·         moonwalking

·         science: explore and observe moon

·         snack: peaches and cucumber

Tuesday:

·         solar system spray bottle painting scene

·         On Earth by G. Brian Karas and Nearest to the Sun: the Planet Mercury by Nancy Loewen

·         math: roll the dice star activity

·         science: planets and stars

·         snack: bananas and carrots

Wednesday:

·         art: rockets

·         Astronaut Handbook by Meghan McCarthy and Sheep Blast Off by Nancy Shaw

·         toothpick and marshmallow rocket building

·         science: Alka-Seltzer rocket experiment

·         math: pattern block rocket

·         snack: watermelon and peas

Thursday:

·         art: comet

·         Stars, stars, stars by Bob Barner and The Sun: Our Nearest Star by Franklyn Mansfiled Branley

·         shape constellation activity

·         literacy: beginning letter sound/letter recognition comet activity

·         snack: nectarines and cucumber

Friday:

·         solar system collage

·         Space Boy by Leo Landry and Flip the Flaps Planet Earth by Mike Goldsmith

·         science: planet classification

·         math: roll the dice star activity

·         snack: watermelon and romaine lettuce

I also found a book of space poems at the library- And Then There Were Eight: Poems About Space by Laura Purdie Salas. We will read a couple of these poems each day! This is a great book of space poems!!