How planets orbit the sun: This super simple Montessori-inspired activity gives kids a hands-on and concrete way to understand how planets orbit the sun in a large circle || Gift of Curiosity

Sun Facts

Try this Make A Sun Scissor Skills Activity is the perfect starter project for kids that are just learning how to use scissors!

Creative ways to teach kids about moons and stars

I know I say it all the time but . . . "I LOVE THIS UNIT"! This is truly one of my favorites. It still amazes me to see how much my little sponges can absorb. The sky was the limit (literally) this week as we discussed our solar system. We started out the week with a big surprise - a rocket ship in our classroom! Our square snowman got a weekend makeover! Everyone loved pretending where the next rocket would go. Since we quickly learned that the sun is the center of our universe, we started…

It’s that time of year again, when the weather is dreary and we long to see the sun, and even the moon. Both the moon and the sun have really piqued D’s interest lately, so that has been our theme this week! If you also have a toddler interested in this topic, maybe one or more of these will spark y

Help your child learn about the phases of the moon in this...

It's time to start figuring out the details of summer reading. This is on my to-do list this week. I'm usually a little bit more ahea...