Homeschool Solar System Unit Study

Welcome to our Homeschool Solar System Unit Study, where we will embark on an incredible adventure through the planets and our very own Moon! This unit is specially designed to captivate young minds and spark a passion for the wonders of space.

Together, we’ll journey from Mercury’s scorching surface to Neptune’s icy realms, uncovering the unique characteristics of each planet along the way. We’ll also take a closer look at Earth’s Moon, discovering its phases, features, and role in our night sky.

Through engaging activities, interactive lessons, and fun experiments, you’ll become a budding astronomer, ready to explore the vastness of our Solar System.

So, grab your space gear and get ready for a stellar voyage through the planets and the Moon!

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Super Solar System! This month, we have been having a blast creating, searching, using our imaginations, and working with our hands. Come along to see our journey through space. If you missed part 1, it’s a great place to start. We had an excellent small world play, a super galactic snack, made our own constellations, and so much more.

This is set-up #2 for our Solar System unit. If you missed out on part 1 go here to view it, you don’t want to miss it.

Doesn’t this look so cool? We loved it, and it was easy and fun to make.

Usually, we make our own play dough, but the boys were given this huge 24-pack a while ago, and I thought, “Why not use that?” So the boys had done their research, planned out the colors for each planet, and set out to mix the play dough together to get the desired color.

They mixed, and mixed, or I should say blended them. Here, Blakey is working on the sun. He makes the funniest faces.

Space Activities for Kids

Little B enjoyed the mixing part; he continued after we had the planets done to make mountains.

Here is their finished product. Isn’t it wonderful?

We let it harden overnight so the boys could use and work with them without falling apart.

We used the Montessori Solar System cards from ETC and the control chart. I love the picture quality of them. (Sorry, no pictures). In our set-up picture above, you can see the control chart hanging on the windows.

I set this up using our play dough planets, two sheets of large Black Construction paper, and white crayons (you could also use chalk). It was great for them to get hands-on practice with the order of the planets.

Little B worked on his handwriting for Kinder.

We played the Games for your brain space cards game at least 20 times this week.

I always like to incorporate sensory play into our units. The kids love it and it lets me use my creative side as far as set-up. Sometimes I wonder who enjoys it more… For this unit I used Imaginext Space shuttle, Safari Space Toob and Moon Dough.

Even Miss Bells got in on the sensory play. She loved it. I watched her to ensure she didn’t try to eat it.

Recipe for Moon Dough:

I wanted to make a lot of Moon dough for the kids, so I used a 5-lb. bag of Flour and one large bottle of baby oil.

It worked out great, and there was plenty to go around.

Towards the end, Miss Bells wanted to get in it.

My recommendation is to do this activity outside. Moon dough is awesome, and the kids love it, but it can be on the messy side.

Those of you who have been joining me here at Natural Beach Living for a while probably know by now that I LOVE the Amazing DK Pop-Out Books! In fact, I think we have all of them. I know my family gets so much out of these books, which are filled with great information and are HUGE. If you don’t own any, you might want to consider adding a couple to your home library. They are so worth it.

Mom’s Favorite thing about her Solar System learning when she was little

I think it’s safe to say it was one of the boy’s favorite things, too. I can’t imagine putting together a space unit without including Astronaut Ice-cream. It was my favorite thing; I always thought it was so cool to eat what the astronauts eat.

As you can see from the boys’ faces, this was the perfect way to end our unit study: a night walk, looking up at the stars, Searching for Constellations, and enjoying Astronaut Ice Cream.

If you are planning a Solar System unit, I have lots of ideas on my Solar System Pinterest board; you should check it out.

The Next Stop for Learning is MOON PHASES!