Recently we have been doing theme weeks to support our learning at home. My 6 year old was in awe as we watched the recent Space X launch so we decided on a space theme. Using something the kids are interested in makes learning fun for all of us.
Space art & craft
Art and crafts is not my strong point so it was Twinkl to the rescue again (I am going to miss the free Twinkl access). The space rocket was really easy to cut out and put together and my son was so pleased with his creation.
The shape rockets below were good for both boys, my 4 year old was having great fun with his pritt stick.
Shape rocket shape rocket
Messy & Sensory play
I try to include some sensory and messy play as much as we can. For our space theme my son helped me use food colouring with some pearl barley to create our moon rocks. Some coloured sand, stars and a few toys and we had our moon messy play.
messy play moon play sensory play
Nursery rhyme time
For our music sessions we focused on a few space themed nursery rhymes:
- Twinkle twinkle little star
- Hey diddle diddle
- Five little men in a flying saucer
Space story time
My kids love Ten Little Aliens so we did several activities with this one including counting and commenting with PECS.
Aliens Love Underpants is another great story your kids will love. Over the week we also enjoyed Shark in the Park and played with our own telescopes searching for the moon.
Getting attention
The key to learning is always having your child’s attention. One way to get their attention is to use their interests. My son is a LEGO fan so this rocket we have in a LEGO set was an ideal activity.
Each morning we do an Attention Autism session, the bucket was filled with rockets and things that can fly. For our attention builder we used some star shapes and a flour shaker to maker our flour stars.
Another attention builder was using glue and glitter to create our galaxy pictures.
This might be our last theme week for a while as the boys are back at school and pre-school next week. I am looking forward to having a break from home schooling but we will pick it up again in the Summer break.
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