Since my boys reall
y love the solar system, I thought of letting Nikki practice coloring because he's not too fond of that. Still, I think it's an essential skill that he needed to appreciate so what I did was to print the planets on a sheet of paper from funschool and let him color it. Using the previous project we did as reference (remember the ones we made from recycled paper?) he carefully colored the planets correctly. After that, we reviewed the planets again and we added more information this time, saying the number and names of the moons of each planet, some features (like clouds on Neptune and volcanoes on Venus). Again, I reinforced that Pluto is a dwarf planet and he seems to get that one down pat so I am glad. Ethan wanted to be part of the lesson too so I printed one for him too and he joyously colored away.
y love the solar system, I thought of letting Nikki practice coloring because he's not too fond of that. Still, I think it's an essential skill that he needed to appreciate so what I did was to print the planets on a sheet of paper from funschool and let him color it. Using the previous project we did as reference (remember the ones we made from recycled paper?) he carefully colored the planets correctly. After that, we reviewed the planets again and we added more information this time, saying the number and names of the moons of each planet, some features (like clouds on Neptune and volcanoes on Venus). Again, I reinforced that Pluto is a dwarf planet and he seems to get that one down pat so I am glad. Ethan wanted to be part of the lesson too so I printed one for him too and he joyously colored away. 
View of the chart we made. Nikki was very happy with the HUGE sun. I just wanted him to undestand that the sun was waaaay bigger than all the planets put together. I think the planets on the chart look great with the recycled paper colors...
Note how Nikki holds the crayon. He still finds it difficult to hold pens and crayons the right way but I remind him often.
Ethan does what Kuya does. So cute.
All done! Really great work and he had loads of fun! At least this time he tried coloring for a change.
Nikki's work at left. Really great improvement. He even got the colors of Jupiter right and swirled them around. =D
Ethan's work on right. In true artist fashion, he refused to color within the lines. A real artist huh? =D
Nikki had a lot of fun and wanted to do another one so I got him this bonus page: Things you can use in space. New words for Nikki: tongs, thermometer, oxygen tank. I think he had loads of fun!
Of course, Ethan gets a bonus page too. He practically colored everything orange! Hahaha!
