Learning about Earth Through Play
We have talked about earth with our globe, read books about the planet, and watched some NASA videos about earth, but our favorite way to play and learn has been with our giant solar system floor puzzle.
Learning about Earth with Math:
Earth is the third planet from the sun. This puzzle gives children a basic idea of the order, size, and colors of the planets. When putting the pieces together, they often discuss these attributes among each other. I try to encourage the used of ordinal numbers.
Learning about Earth with Science Vocabulary
Learning about Earth with Collaboration:
More Earth themed activities from the #PLAYfulPreschool Education Team:
I love doing things that open up for discussion. I like how this allows me to pour knowledge into them without over doing it.
We have this same puzzle. My son loves to work on it with his dad. A puzzle like this is a great way to open the door for all kinds of learning!
Puzzles are great on so many levels. We love our floor puzzles the most!
We just did a Lorax floor puzzle the other day. Our kids are very interested in the Solar System and would love this puzzle! Your discussion questions would add a lot to the experience.
What a lovely puzzle – I love that it's big enough for more than 1 child to do at once and what a great way to teach ordinal numbers
Oh we don't have that puzzle – thanks for the recommendation! 🙂 I loved your point about helping children make real connections to concepts that are a bit more abstract.
o wow! That puzzles looks great!
(and my kids love puzzles too)
Perfect timing – my daughter is learning about Space in her preschool. We just bought the Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System, but we'll get this floor puzzle to go along with it. Thanks for the recommendation!