We have declared it Space Week at our house, and we are learning everything about space that we can.Today was all about the space shuttle. Jaymi has been interested in rocket ships lately, so I thought that this was the perfect homeschooling topic for her right now.
We made a paper rocket ship (with construction paper and a toilet paper roll), found of lots of cool facts about the space shuttle, made a rocketship salad (I know, I know, Mark says it looks a lot like something else...), and Jaymi even made a section of her bedroom into a rocket station.
She even has a big plan for it...she has laid out some 2x4's, drawn areas on them, like 'Jaymi's rocket land', 'parked rocket ship', 'rocket blast off area', and even 'screwed in rocket ship' (her plan for a paper shuttle that is permanently screwed into the wood).
Of course, no study of the space shuttle is complete without watching some video of the shuttle blasting off and landing. That was the best part!
At bedtime I thought it was perfect to read her a non-fiction children's book about the stars. The only part I didn't anticipate (and thought it was not quite bedtime material), was the part about the American woman who was actually hit by a meteor that crashed through her roof one day! Oops! Too bad she can read - I tried to skip that part but she saw it.
Tune in later this week...we still have a study of astronaunts coming up, and the solar system!
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Okay, I really think we're sharing brainwaves without knowing it! We got out from the library two large space books to do a space unit. We'll have to take some of your ideas and use them as our own, I think ;)
I *love* the rocketship!
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