Rockets Away

Last week we talked about the letter R. Our favorite thing during the week was building our rocket ships. The children glued and taped and cut and colored to create there individual rockets. We also watched a video of the space shuttle taking off. It was an excellent chance for us to talk about space, astronauts, and earth.  Here are some pictures of the kids and their rocket ships. 

Zoi is explaining how the rocket is going to go "up and up and up," see how she talks with her hands. 

 Waylon - He's working hard. That is a look of concentration. :-)

      Charley - She's alll grins! 

Keily - She built the whole launch pad!

Tyler was so proud when he figured out how to get the two paper towel roll

is to stay togeter. This project is the first time we have ever used tape in our classroom.  

                                                                                          

            Kayden

 He was so into this project. His rocket kept getting bigger and bigger and he kept adding more and more boosters. If NASA was sending more space shuttles up, they should consider hiring him as an engineer!

This activity is a perfect example of the awesome hands on experiences that your kids need (and get at Perpetual Motion).  The more they get to broaden their world and use multiple senses to apply what they are seeing and hearing, the better off they will be. 

It is a joy to see them learning and enjoying things like this. That is why I don't mind a gigantic mess and mass chaos for small amounts of time.  BTW - Thanks to Ms. Heather for everything she does! She loves it when we make huge messes like this.  We all clean as we go, but she still gets stuck scrubbing glue off the table and fun things like that. Our classroom would not function like it does without her.