Homeschooling: The solar system

Learning about the solar system is a great way to make the kids as well as us, of course..as the 'teachers' realize how insignificant we are.. in the physical world.. How Great Allah is.

 How weak we are and how Strong Allah is... How much we don't know and the vastness of Allah's knowledge... Allahu Akbar!.. truly.. science is a great sign of the existence of Allah...
In covering this topic.. i got the kids to relate the creation of the solar system and a few of the names of Allah by using flash cards with the names written in Arabic on one side and the meaning on the other side.

Allah give us the eyes of imaan ... that can see beyond the creations.. Ameen!

So here i wanna share what we did when learning about the solar system.. inshaallah, hope it will benefit someone somewhere on this planet ;)

I actually conducted a playgroup session with this theme, and our activities were as follows:

1. Giant floor puzzle of the solar system.

A good activity to start off a playgroup with.. while waiting for late-comers..;)

2. Brief through a giant chart of the solar system and a simple book on the solar system.

3.Coloring the solar system.

I intentionally gave the kids coloring templates with plain circles so they can color in the planets according to their knowledge about how the planets look like.

4. Creating an imaginary scene on an unknown planet using home made play dough and recycled items.

And let the kids do a show and tell on their creation.

5. Make a spaceman costume using recycled items and use them for imaginary play..

Also.. just to help the kids with memorizing the names of the planets..the fun way.. i came up with my very own solar system song.. 

Happy homeschooling!