We’ve been doing a lot of star-themed activities thanks to our Babbabox, and so my kids were very excited to learn more about the stars by watching Big Bird’s Adventure: One World, One Sky at the Boston Museum of Science. The show turned out to be less about the stars and more about how we are all beneath the same sky, whether we’re on Sesame Street or in China, but they did learn about the North Star and the Big Dipper, as well as that the sun is a star. And I’m guessing that is about as much as they would have gotten out of any show. The tone of the show was perfect for my kids, as well as four of their friends – two we had arranged to meet up with and two more who just happened to be there!
Are your kids learning about the moon and the stars? Here are few other activities they might enjoy:
- Making Constellations from Inspiration Laboratories
- Blast Off! Space Game from NurtureStore
- Solar System Craft from Red Ted Art
And from this blog:
Do you have any space-themed activities to share?
We received free tickets to the planetarium show, as well as to the Boston Museum of Science. All opinions are my own.
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
My daughter likes constellations and the stories behind them : ) Love encouraging these types of interests!
Would love to share my Meteor! post with you. It’s based on picture book Meteor! by Patricia Palacco who had a meteor land in her yard years ago in real life!
https://www.pragmaticmom.com/2011/11/meteor-advanced-picture-book-science-buying/
I also love Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass. A middle grade chapter book with an astronomy theme snuck into a story about relationships.
Thanks for sharing both of these – I’ll check out your post and keep that book in mind for when Emma is a bit older.
Sounds very educational!
Last month we talked a bit about the stars for our A is for Astronaut post (http://lifewithmoorebabies.blogspot.com/2012/11/a-is-for-astronaut.html). The girls still talk about the planets all the time!
Thanks for sharing your post! I’ll check it out!!!
I love this space activity and the others you shared. We will have some space stuff coming up in the new year, so I am sure I will be asking to include this!
I can’t wait to see your space activities!
My kids love everything space!
JDaniel loves to learn about space! He keeps talking about traveling in space!
I really like how I see the same moon here in Australia that friends and family see around the world. :)
It does make the distance seem a bit more bearable, doesn’t it.
We had a solar system obsession last year and did quite a bit. I highly recommend a book Postcards from Pluto by one of my favorite non-fiction writers Loreen Leedy, I think both Emma and Johnny will enjoy it.
Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll definitely track down a copy!
Sounds like fun! We only talked about stars so far, the Sun and the moon. Would be interesting to try – Miss T at the age where she questions everything and draws pretty interesting conclusions
It’s really fascinating getting a glimpse of the way their minds work.
Luke is really into the solar system right now! It’s his new love!
I love the way Luke is so passionate about his interests!
Sounds like a great show for preschoolers (and how I wish we still got Seasame Street in the UK :( ). Thank you for including our pinterest board. We’re starting to become fascinated by the night sky as unlike in the summer J is awake to see it – we currently have Mars in view and the moon beautiful at the moment as well can see what our furture will bring with even more space themed stuff.
You have so many wonderful ideas on that board!
That sounds like a fun show. My son would love learning about the stars from Big Bird.
The kids really enjoyed it!
We haven’t really done much with stars yet, but I’m guessing that will be our science in a year from now……..