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Homeschooling: A little footage from our tour of @nasa @spacecenterhou and @californiasciencecenter over the last year, which has truly ignited my sons love of rocket ships and the space shuttle. . . . I wish I could show more but we didn’t have our cameras out most of the time! . .. . . . . . #thingstodoinla #losangeleskids #thingstodoinhouston #houston #nasa #kidsactivities #homeschooling #homeschoolingmom #homeschoolingfamily #familygoals #familylife #familyfun #familytravel #invitationtolearn #stemeducation #stemforkids #sciencefortoddlers #scienceforkids #spaceshuttle

This is my sons favorite and most recognizable rocket ship, the Space Shuttle. . . This was a little arts/puzzle activity of completing the picture to make a space shuttle. I had drawn out all the major components; a winged orbiter that carried both crew and cargo; an external tank containing liquid hydrogen (fuel) and liquid oxygen (oxidizer) for the orbiter's three main rocket engines; and a pair of large, solid-propellant, strap-on booster rockets. . My toddler has been been lucky enough to see lots of the huge rocket ships and parts at @nasa (Space Centre- Houston) and the @californiasciencecenter and it really fueled his love for space. . Here are some fun facts about the space shuttle: ⭐️The space shuttle was the first reusable spacecraft in the world. The external fuel tank is the only part that cannot be reused as it burns up in the atmosphere after launching. ⭐️They could easily carry satellites, space probes and other cargo to orbit around the earth. ⭐️ A space shuttle is somewhat similar to a rocket and an airplane. It takes off like a rocket vertically but lands like an airplane on a runway. . ⭐️ The solid rocket boosters and the main engines on the orbiter helped the shuttle blast off from Earth like a rocket. The two boosters dropped off the shuttle two minutes after launch. ⭐️NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration) has been using space shuttles since 1981 where the first space shuttle test flight took place. . . #spaceshuttle #space #rocketship #stem #stemactivitiesforkids #toddleractivities #toddleractivity #kidsactivities #toddlerart #toddlerlife #toddlercrafts #invitationtolearn #invitationtocreate #learningthroughplay #learningthroughart #artsandcraftsstyle #artsandcraftsforkids #homemadepuzzle #stemeducation #stemforkids #prekart #homeschoolingideas #intentionalhomeschooling

I wanted to make some astronaut toy people for a super cool space ship I had made for my son (see center character) but then made a Buzz light year because my son loves Toy Story so much... well you can’t make a Buzz without a Woody, so I just went bugger it and made a range of different characters from Superman, Snow White (as all my characters were MALE), a fireman and a businessman (or I like to call James Bond) 😉. . These were made from the people in the @targetaus wooden school bus (sold out) shown in the last picture... and I just measured out the length of the people and printed off some pictures (front and back) to tape on. . .. . Leading up to space week, I was actually just going to draw some characters on some toilet paper rolls with a cut out for the face and my son son could easily interchange the outfits, but maybe I might save this for another theme now. . . So what was my sons reaction when I proudly showed him my creation (as if I had just created a masterpiece)? He refused to even look at them... I think he attempted to cry at one point when I tried to insist as they looked amazing. 🥴😳. . . Oh well, maybe tomorrow he will love them. Or maybe he just likes to play with the people using his imagination. He was happily playing with the people in his spaceship yesterday. . . . QUESTION: What has been something you have worked pretty hard on and it’s just been a complete fail with your child? Gosh, I can name over 100. Only this morning my son begged and begged for pancakes. As soon as I cooked them from scratch and placed them in front of him with his favorite toppings on it, he changed his mind and wanted cereal! 🤯🤯🤯. . . #toymakeover #kidstoys #recycleandplay #reinventing #cooltoys #coolmom #spacetoys #toystoryfan #toystorymania #toystorytoys #homeschoolingmom #homeschoolmom #momfail #learningthroughplay #learningthroughplaying #homemadetoys #creativeplay #playbasedlearning #kidsactivities #learningthroughfun #getcreativewith #kidscrafts #playhacks #imaginativeplay

Make a rocket ship from recycled materials then use them for target practice: shooting asteroids at rocket ships. . . . ⭐️VIDEO 1: My toddler demonstrating how to make the rocket ship. (I made the rest while he was napping) ⭐️VIDEO 2: My toddler setting up the target practice and then enjoying the game. . . 🧠My son had been asking me lots of questions about asteroids while reading a space book yesterday so I took this interest and teamed it up with one of his favorite activities he did in his gym class this week (throwing bean bags at bowling pins that were placed up on a balance beam) and it was a huuuuuge hit!! . . . #space #finemotorskills #finemotoractivity #grossmotor #grossmotorskills #steameducationforkids #stemeducation #montessori #spacetheme #getcreativewith #learningthroughplay #learningthroughplaying #invitationtocreate #homeschool #invitationtolearn #homeschool #prekindergarten #prekactivities

(First image is a video) 🌏🌗⭐️ It’s been a while since we did a space theme so I’m going to try to pull together a few new ideas over the week to follow my sons strong interest in space right now. . This morning we used images as reference and painted some suns, stars, moons and planets from cut out cardboard. As we painted each one, we talked about what colors are on each one and two fun facts about each one based on what we have learned and remembered from all our space books. . 🎥If you watch the first video you can see he REALLY REALLY enjoyed this activity and he was so very proud of his skills painting the sun! It was his idea to put sparkles on the planets and I think it really looks amazing on our wall. . . .@recycleandplay #recycleandplay #learnandplay #earlylearning101 #earlylearning #preschoolathome #spacefun #childhoodunplugged #playbasedlearning #crayolapaint #toddlerart #kidsart #space #spacex #invitationtolearn #invitationtocreate #invitationtopaint

👌🧠A super duper simple activity (similar to pick up sticks) with painters tape that uses critical thinking, process, problem solving and fine motor skills. . (Swipe right to see a harder version once your little one gets the idea of it.... or you could number them to make it easier for younger children) 🧠As I’m writing this, I feel like I should have put a picture underneath all the tape to “reveal” a animal or number or something... or set it up like a “free me from jail” to make this a little “extra” or themed, but my son was happy enough with this. . ‼️I made the edges easy to pick and lift up. . . . . #finemotorskills #finemotoractivity #smarttoddler #stem #stemeducation #criticalthinkingforkids #kidsproblemsolving #makelearningfun #learningthroughplay