Mrs. Rachel's Three's Class: Blast off to Space!

Our week was out of this world! Space week was a blast!

We learned so much this week... We enjoyed learning about our solar system, our sun, our moon, star constellations, gravity, and more! We were amazed at how much these little minds were able to absorb this week.

Some of our fun activities included building our own space rockets, painting suns, drawing constellations, and even making our own giant planet. We enjoyed discussing astronauts, the planets, what the sun is like, what planet we live on, what it would be like with no gravity, and how the Earth orbits around the sun. We also discussed how awesome is it that our God made ALL of this! What an amazing God we have!

We read all nonfiction books this week, which brought lots of learning! We also watched a video about the solar system and a video about life on the ISS (with micro-gravity)! Our letter of the week was the letter S... S is for space and stars. We made this letter using stars and practiced writing it together. We continued to practice writing and spelling our names, as well as did an initial sound sort. In our centers, we continued to work on cutting, tracing, and counting. We have been working so hard!

We wrapped up our January theme of "Jesus can do anything!" Our final story was about Jesus and Peter walking on the water. With God, all things really are possible!

Here are a few things to check with your child this week. Can you...

1. Tell me what gravity is?
2. Write the letter S and tell me its sound?
3. Count to 15? **This was difficult for many of us on the assessment.
4. Write the numbers 8 and 9?
5. Tell me who made everything in space?!