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April 4, 2018

What to teach? Step by Step 3 Week Space Theme Unit Study

Kids just love learning about SPACE! Although there is so much to cover on this Space Theme Unit Study, we dedicated 3 weeks to it for now and hope to come back to this theme again in the next year or 2! Here’s a summary of What to teach? Step by Step 3 Week Space them Unit Study.

Space Theme Unit Study

Week 1 was dedicated to stories about rockets and flying to space including ‘Whatever Next?’ by Jill Murphy to get the imagination and discussion going. We looked at 2 easy to read books from our phonics collection by the Oxford Reading Tree. We also spent a lot of time on rockets, including our awesome blasting into the sky rocket experiment!

Week 2 we looked more at the planets in space and tried painting with marbles. We made a huge wall display and we wanted to experience the stars at night so went camping in our garden and had a BBQ, after making our own telescopes and star stamping with glow in the dark paint!

Week 3 we looked further at our solar system and the planets. We also looked at how the earth moves on its axis and around the sun. To really feel the theme we did a role play on taking a journey to space and finding out more about each planet.

Here’s the full layout below.

Space Theme Unit Study

 

Week 1:

DAY 1:

We started the theme by reading Whatever Next! byJill Murphy. I absolutely love this story as did my girls – probably because it was about a teddy and that he went to space for a picnic! They were so excited by this theme from the first day but then again it is Space, its always exciting! We followed up by re-enacting the story by giving the girls colanders and a box + baby bath tub (as it made a great 2 seater) and pretending they were going to the moon. You could even hand them a basket to pack for their picnic. Pretend play at its best!

Whatever next activities

 

DAY 2:

We then made our own rockets with very simple junk modelling including tubes/tissue roll, tin foil, foam sheets, small empty yogurt pots and a box as a base. We used a glue gun to ensure it didn’t fall apart as they played. The best part was we combined our rocket launching with maths as we learnt how to count backwards from 10 to 0! It was perfect!

space rocket

We intentionally chose 2 books from our Biff and Chip readers collection linked to space and allowed Ammarah to read aloud to her sister and friends which they thoroughly enjoyed!

the spaceship

 

DAY 3:

For our Islamic Studies learning we talked more about Allah’s name al-Baari’ – this means he is the Originator. It was superb tying this into our theme on space. It was Allah’s idea to make the Earth, the planets, the sun and moon. The name craft was on black paper and the girls enjoyed using our star craft cutters to stick on the stars as the poster showed the universe which Allah created!

the originator al baari

 

DAY 4:

Then, we arranged for a camping under the stars evening with our friends where we set up a tent in our garden, made telescopes to gaze at the stars. The kids also enjoyed a star stamping activity with glow in the dark paint! It was lovely to see the stars glowing outside in the dark. The mums enjoyed a bbq and roasting marshmallows with the kids! Highly recommend this if you’re doing a Space unit study!

 

Week 2:

DAY 1:

For week 2 we began with doing our final activity on Rockets! This was a science day and also our outdoor learning day. For this experiment, you will need a coke bottle, 3 pencils, sello tape, a cork, vinegar, bicarbonate soda, funnel and tissue paper. Ammarah’s instruction write up below (which we did the next day) should help you with what to do! Click on our Youtube video at the bottom of this post for more!

rocket science experiment
science experiment rockets

 

DAY 2:

To continue with the theme, we then started preparing for our big Space Art Display to be the backdrop for our role play corner, as this week was all about being in Space! So we started with planets. We used the painting with marbles technique to get the right look for the planets. We simply squirted paint on to plain paper and put it in a tray, and a rolled a few marbles on top. As they dried we remembered to tie in our English sessions and write a list of what we would pack for a trip to the moon! We wrote on this lovely Rocket writing template from Twinkl.

 

rocket frame list

 

DAY 3:

All our maths learning has been linked to the space theme and recapping adding and taking away this week. We finally set up our Space Station display, linking together our art work and simple props added to make the role play area more exciting. We printed labels and posters from Twinkl’s Space Role Play pack.

space theme addition sums twinkl
Space DISPLAY

 

DAY 4:

We worked on our home made astronaut costumes using old long sleeve t-shirts and duct tape to cover them up! The girls realised how sticky and strong duct tape can be! This is such a simple activity, alternatively you could also buy a  Melissa & Doug Astronaut Role Play Costume Set (5 pcs) – Jumpsuit, Helmet, Gloves, Name Tag.

diy astronaut costume

 

Week 3:

DAY 1:

We looked further into our solar system and the Sun at the start of the week by explaining how the Earth moves around the sun. We did this by experimenting with a sun dial and looking at how our shadow kept moving along a little every hour. We explained as the Earth moves by itself and then slowly around the sun. It was a real eye opener for the girls to experience the shadow had moved every time they drew their line.

DIY sundial

 

DAY 2:

The next day we wanted to build our own solar system model. I felt just reading about the planets in books and stories wasn’t enough. To really engage with the topic, we took our time with this arts and craft activity below. By looking at size of planets, colours of planets when painting the planets, we also talked about where each planet is in relation to the sun and what that actually means.

SOLAR System space

DAY 3:

Then, we then had a very fun and imaginative journey through space using props and simple things at home to create our own shared experience. We lay out black scarfs on the floor and put out coloured scarfs and labels to represent planets. This allowed for a lot of talk for writing and discussion and questions. To make it fun we dressed up as Astronauts in our home made costumes we had prepared the week before! We pretended to space walk and talked about how it would be like flying out in space. The girls were able to realise the planets closer to the sun are very hot and the ones further are very cold, Earth is just right!

 

mars imgainative play
saturn space journey

 

 

We then wrote 5 facts we learnt on our Space journey. We found out some more from our trusty books for this theme. (Scroll down for more on the books!)

eyfs space facts

 

 

We followed up with a practical look at how Earth rotates and how it orbits around the Sun by using the months of the year! Watch our video below and use it as a fantastic Space Theme resource with your kids!

 

 

 

 

Recommended books on Space Theme:

 

 

Planetarium details:

 

We plan to visit the following Planetariums in Saudi Arabia and England (in the summer)

Jeddah Fakieh Planetarium

Greenwich Planetarium – London

 

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by Yousra Naeem on April 10, 2018

Wohooo so amazing & interesting. Looks like you had so much fun plus kids activities are so creative specially that rockets look so fantastic. Thank you for sharing information about books aswell 💓

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by Jamila on April 10, 2018

You always put so much detail into these lesson plans and themes which is wonderful, I felt really warm feeling inside remembering when I use to pretend play.

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by Naila on April 12, 2018

Masha Allah that was great effort & hard work you did to prepare the activities.

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by Noor on April 12, 2018

Mashaallah! Very impressive indeed. I hope I can perform the same with our son 🙂 I love this article because it amazed me and learned from it.

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by Farhana on April 12, 2018

MashaAllah, you put a lot of effort in educating your kids sister. May Allah(swt) put barakah in your learning endeavors.

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by Nazrin on April 13, 2018

This is so cool! You put so much thought and effort into all of your lessons by Allah reward you abundantly for it! I can only hope that one day your children show you gratitude and appreciation for the efforts you have gone to educate them!

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by Elizabeth on April 13, 2018

SubhanAllah. When I read your posts, I alternate between wanting to facilitate wonderful learning as you do insha’Allah, and delighting over imagining how brilliant it must be to be a child in your care, masha’Allah . And you used one of my favourite childhood books by Jill Murphy. 🙂 JazakAllahkhayr for what you do and all you inspire, ameen.

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by hafsah on April 13, 2018

That’s really sweet! Thank you for your lovely support! X

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by Lilac Prose on April 14, 2018

This is absolutely brilliant and such a fun way to teach kids about space! Thanks for sharing!

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☀️ Things that make me happy ☀️ Tagged b ☀️ Things that make me happy ☀️ 

Tagged by my friend @asma_scribendi I’m sharing #littlethingsthatmakemehappy 😃 (other than time with friends and family) here’s my list: 

🌟 flowers 💐 love receiving flowers as much as I like sending them
🌟 travelling ✈️ 🛥 🚂 all kinds
🌟 trying new foods 
🌟 nature of all kinds - from 🌳 to 🏖 to 🏜 to 🏔 
🌟 Art 🖼 and creativity
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🌟 books 
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🌟 reciting Quran out loud
🌟 coming back home to a tidy house 
🌟 organised kitchen and drawers 😅
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Alhamdulillah enjoyed writing that and feel quite blessed and grateful for the opportunities and blessings from Allah. Especially after my realisation that I need to schedule more me time in the month! Truly Allah knows what makes us happy and subhanAllah he paves the way for us in the most amazing of ways! 
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📸 snaps are from my day out without the kids on the weekend 
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Making sushi 🍣 🍱 . Another double firsts fo Making sushi 🍣 🍱 
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Another double firsts for the girls - making sushi and trying it - they literally gave the taste test 1/10 😂🙈 they are not fans of sushi at all ( I’m the fan) but they enjoyed the process of making it, they were exposed to new methods, new tastes and smells. 
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🍣 bamboo mat (for rolling) 
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A lot of the time our homeschool is about my learn A lot of the time our homeschool is about my learning as much as the kids. It’s my curiosity to see or do as much as theirs. So comes out my real excitement (like a big kid 😅) and theirs too. 
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Many decades ago I remember learning and later teaching fair trade and chocolate and looking a little at how chocolate was made and always thought it would be fascinating to make it from scratch with an actual cacao pod! From something we eat so regularly why have we barely accessed the fruit, the beans, the pod?!
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So spent some time online searching for a fresh cacao pod within a reasonable price (this was under £20) this one’s from the Caribbean and bought on eBay 😅 
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The girls’s reaction to the cacao fruit was priceless - little one ran out of the room thinking she was expected to eat it 😂 we did taste the fruit - it’s a little like lychee and tastes really good - a little sour and sweet too. We had a little read of cacao pods in our new book too - Swipe to see pics 📸 
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We will be back to share more on the chocolate soon - in the mean time we still have fresh home made yogurt to make, sushi to roll and an experience of cooking outdoors - all quite flexible but need the good weather for the latter experience ☀️
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Have you attempted to make chocolate at home? Do you ensure your homeschool is full of ways for you to learn and be curious too?  I was telling the girls isn’t it fascinating to have been able to invent chocolate 🍫 
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One of our fave features of homeschooling is the l One of our fave features of homeschooling is the lifestyle we create that works for us. It’s in our time, great weather, making memories and connections and of course flexibility etc.
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We love taking advantage of the weekdays for our days out to avoid the rush! The girls had their first proper dose of rock climbing today Alhamdulillah-  loved their enthusiasm to try something new.  Swipe to see the snaps 📸 
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We talk a lot about trying something new - whether it’s a new challenge or trying new foods. There are always different emotions attached - fear, nervousness, even anxiety due to a judgement or a perception that was made. Much of the time we realise we feel that way because it’s different and an unknown. 
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The lesson is really for us all - if we can look past our thoughts and have faith in ourselves to overcome the challenges by allowing ourselves to decide whether it’s for us or not with grace. If we can tell ourselves “we can” we have more opportunities in actually giving it a try!
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Have you ever come across a time you’ve had to encourage your child to see past a judgement they made through fear or anxiousness - or a challenge they find overwhelming? How have you consoled them? Would love to hear more
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🍍 EXOTIC FRUIT DAY 🍍 . The girls and I plan 🍍 EXOTIC FRUIT DAY 🍍 
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The girls and I planned an Exotic Fruit Day yesterday. We went out to our local markets in search of fruits we have never tried before! We wanted to guess how they’d look on the inside, how they would taste and more. 
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The girls were intrigued by the dragon fruit, papaya, passion fruit, apricot, golden kiwi, grapefruit and fig. They didn’t like the look of the custard apple at all - inside or out 🙈
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It was a fantastic way to get the girls to try new fruits and marvel at Allahs magnificent creation subhanAllah. They learnt about taste buds and the tongue. Hands on practical learning - super easy and fun 🤩 
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So share with us- which of these fruits do you like the most and which are you yet to try? Comment below 👇 we’d love to know 😊
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