Space: Moon Rock Toss

“Planet Musical Chairs”:  The planets we made last week were spread out on the floor. First, we reviewed the names of the planets and then danced around our planets when the music played (to the music of "Space Jam" of course). When the music stopped, we found a planet to stand on (sharing our planets was encouraged). With each stoppage of the music, we removed one planet until no more planets were left. We love holding hands during dancing games but we also worked on respecting when one of our friends did not want o hold hands.

Partners

Moon Rocks

Moon Rock Hunt: We went outside and partnered up with a friend and looked together for hidden “moon rocks” (crumbled up aluminum foil, formed into balls). It was important that we stayed together as a team while looking for our moon rocks.


Moon Rock Toss: Then we used our moon rocks to play a tossing game. Each player tossed the rocks into targets, e.g., hula hoops that represented our planets. Each player had 2 turns. We also added numbers to the planets so we could keep score. The planet that was the furthest away had the highest number since it was most challenging to hit it with the moon rocks. Of course, we also worked on cheering and turn taking.