Kiddie Pool Digest: Space Race

by ParentCo. July 18, 2017

The Kiddie Pool Digest will be back each week with a new fun theme and interesting activities, facts, and bits from around the web for curious kids of all ages.

Go pool hopping

Week 1 | Bees • Week 2 | Swimming • Week 3 | Solstice • Week 4 | Camping • Week 5 | Cooking • 06 | Circus

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Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon on July 20th, 1969 and then spent two and a half hours making footprints on a surface no foot had ever touched. Not a bad way to spend a summer afternoon. So, on this July 20th, let's celebrate the innovation and curiosity of the men and women who've given us a close up to space, that mysteriously cool world beyond our own.

 

 

 

Fun facts

Watch & Learn

https://vimeo.com/89415660

What's inside a black hole?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQrlgH97v94

The Solar System Song

https://vimeo.com/58385453

Full Moom Silhouettes

https://vimeo.com/141691631

Space Rocks

https://vimeo.com/169099002

The sandwich that nearly destroyed a space capsule

https://vimeo.com/141812811

Appollo Missions

https://vimeo.com/158070423

Please pass the space food

https://vimeo.com/85517984

The planets

https://vimeo.com/94502406

Johnny Express, The best delivery in space

 

Jokes for your kids

Free Nasa "Space Tourism" Posters

Download Hi-Res Files of these posters here

 

Phases of the Moon – Oreo-style

TAKE A DEEP DIVE With this Activity

Supplies

• Eight Oreos (plus some for munching, because no kid is going to let an Oreo go without a fight)
• Plastic knife or butter knife
• White construction paper
• Glue
• Marker

 Very carefully, with Mr. Miyagi finesse, open each Oreo so the cream is intact on one side.  Using this diagram carefully scrape the cream center of each Oreo with plastic knife or butter knife to look like the eight phases of the moon: First Quarter, Waxing Crescent, New Moon, Waning Crescent, Third Quarter, Waning Gibbous, Full Moon, Waxing Gibbous  Arrange Oreos in the order listed above in a circle on your white construction paper going clockwise.  Glue down and label each phase.  Optional: Draw an earth to go in the center for your Oreo moons to orbit!

Covet & Collect

Astronaut Ice Cream ($10.59) • Rocket Space Tent ($29.99) • Space Rocket Backpack ($24.95) • Lunar Phases Wall-Mounted Light ($19.99) • Space Rocket Poster ($7.26) • Astronaut Bedding ($169) • Draw 500 Things in Space | 20 Ways to Draw A Star ($10.79 | $11.19) • This Book is a Planetarium: And Other Extraordinary Pop-Up Contraptions ($25.64, Pre-order) • Water Rocket Kit ($14.12)

Get your groove on

1. Star Trek Theme Song
2. I Don't Want to Live on the moon – Sesame Street (featuring Ernie)
3. Space Oddity – David Bowie
4. Man on the Moon – R.E.M.
5. Fly Me to the Moon – Frank Sinatra
6. Galaxy Song – Monty Python
7. There's a Moon in the Sky – B-52s
8. Space Invader – The Pretenders
9. Looking for Astronauts – The National
10. Walking on the Moon – The Police
11. 2,000 Light Years from Home – Rolling Stones

Page Turners

National Geographic Kids First Big Book of Space

Moustronaut

by Mark Kelly

I Love You to the Moon and Back

by Amelia Hepworth

Child's Introduction to the Night Sky

by Michael Driscoll

This Book Is a Planetarium: And Other Extraordinary Pop-Up Contraptions

By Kelli Anderson

Perseus

LOOK UP THE STARS

Really, we could "moon" over any constellation this week, but let's celebrate the heroes of space with Perseus, the mythical Greek hero who defeated Medusa with his trusty sword. The Perseid Meteor shower is one of the biggest and brightest and can be seen in the northern hemisphere between mid-July to the end of August.

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GET SOME STAR-GAZING ASSISTANCE

Star WalkStar Walk for Kids: Learning Astronomy and Space

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Go Pool hopping!

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01 | Have a BEE - autiful World Environment Day!

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02 | Swimming! Into the Deep End

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03 | Celebrate Solstice

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04 | Camping

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05 | Kids in the Kitchen

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06 | Circus

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