After a recent trip to Liberty Science Center, we left the gift shop with a NASA shirt that says "I Need My Space" for my son and two books - one called This Little Scientist and another called Crinkle, Crinkle, Little Star. He is super into science and my daughters are loving touch and feel books, so they were big hits.
The latter is a rhyming book that extends the well-known song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" by adding information about some constellations and their stories. We also have this one, which is somewhat satisfying for the girls when they fight over the crinkle one.
We watched this short video about constellations:
before seeing One World, One Sky: Big Bird's Adventure in the IMAX theater.
We printed a constellation connect the dots page, which was a big hit!
Lastly, we came across a StoryBots video about Outer Space.
Now you may not have a child or student in preschool or even lower elementary, but there are tons of great resources out there to get kids interested in astronomy. Here are a few:
NASA Kids Club has lots of fun space activities to do!
National Geographic Kids has an easy to use section of their site just for learning about space.
NASA Space Place is for slightly older kids.
The European Space Agency website is also geared towards grades 1-5.
Last, but not least is Time for Kids, your go-to place for current space events.
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