Vito can finally identify the sun, moon and earth, and can’t stop saying the word space whenever he sees a rocket ship! With engaging activities, you can definitely expose your kids to the of concept space and planets, and I assure you they’ll get hooked!
Read books and play!
First, the best way to learn is for the child to actually see the moon and all the stars in the sky. Just by looking, they’ll be fascinated with the light these heavenly elements produces. Once they are familiar with these two, you can start by reading books about the space and the heavenly bodies.
For the choices for books, here are the best 3 that we’ve read so far.
- On the Launch Pad – a fantastic counting book in learning about rocket ships and numbers! Vito enjoyed this and over the week that we’ve been reading this, he’s always counting “5… 4… 3… 2… 1… blast off!”
- On the Moon – Vito is obsessed with the Moon and we read this everyday. We love matching our Safari Toob Space and Lego Space figures to images in the book.
- Stars and Planets – a book given to Mavi when he was 3yrs old and now Vito is using it to learn about the sun, moon, Earth and the other planets. We love this book as well!
I highly recommend the LEGO Space toy figures and Safari Toob Space. I wanted to get the Playmobil Space Shuttle but it’s not in my budget at the moment, so we’re sticking with what we have already.
Nothing but rave reviews for these books in Amazon. You can also get these in Book Depository and they deliver for FREE ANYWHERE in the world.
Experience the surface of the moon
I made a separate post about the Moon Sand here. This is the first time I made one and it was a hit at home! Just prepare for the BIG CLEANUP afterwards.
This moon sand was the perfect sensory tool for the boys to have that feel of the moon’s surface. They had a great time hiding, digging and moulding the moon sand using our Safari Toob Space figures.
Create a rocket ship!
We decided to make our own rocket ships! We simply rolled up cardboards (or cardstocks), painted them with silver paints and topped them with cone-shaped heads!
The boys picked red and blue rockets!
On the Lunach Pad book was the inspiration behind this simple craft project
We also painted the moon and it was so beautiful! See it here.
Introducing planets to toddlers
I made these felt planets years ago when Mavi was in preschool and he loves it to pieces! He had a great time learning about them through the years.
And did Vito loved it too? Oh definitely yes! He cuddles, hugs, kisses and sleep on them!
First, I just gave it to him and told him that these are the planets. He’s familiar with the word “planets” because we’ve been reading books about it. So he was so happy to see them. As I said, he hugged, kissed and slept on them as we are doing this activity. He has no interest in matching them with the cards.
When he was settled, Mavi and I arranged the planets again and laid out the cards for him to see that they match.
He can identify the sun, moon and Earth but not the others. When I mentioned the word “space” he immediately took his rocketships and pretend that they were flying over the planets. Well, at least he knows the relationship between the two LOL.
And here he is, landing the rockets in the planet Saturn 
That was an amazing play and learning all at the same time!
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