To The Moon and Back

Praise Him, sun and moon;
praise him, all you shining stars. - Psalm 148:3

We began our day today with Mia spontaneously creating necklaces out of Wikki Stix.  We called them our "Moon" necklaces.

Mia's Moon Necklaces!

Rocket sequencing from the biggest to the smallest was a fun introduction! 

This is a great math activity!

 

The grands made moonscapes by using rolled out plain-colored playdough. After the dough was rolled out they made holes that  looked liked the craters on the moon by dropping heavy objects onto the playdough. We talked about how gravity is the force that pulls those objects downward.

They dropped potatoes, rocks and a baseball.

The grands creating craters in the playdough.


Next, they painted their moonscapes, using washable paints...

 and then placed a piece of paper on top to lift the image.

So beautiful!

Ta-Da!

We read these books today...

and painted "moon rocks."

 

We also made space rockets with our MacGyver boxes using recyclable materials. They were amazing and I loved the creativity and imagination that the grands used to create their rockets.      For more information on how to put together MacGyver boxes, see www.tinkerlab.com.

Pops lead the grands in a skit about Noah's Ark.

Pops is wearing his snowman hat!  Since it was hot today, his hat made us feel cooler!


We made "Moon Pizzas in a solar oven for lunch.

 We used a pizza box to create a solar oven. For complete instructions, see Sharon Lovejoy's book Toad Cottages & Shooting Stars.

 Each grand assembled his/her own pizzas and then we set the solar oven in a sunny spot. 



Mom-Mom made Moon Rock Cookies for dessert.



Yummy!



The grands had fun with rocket ballons ...

and played in the sprinkler!


'til next week - It's grand to be a Grand!