![]() ![]() The book contains a wide variety of poem styles, all of which my 5 and a half year old and I enjoyed. Since the cards themselves contain so many facts, I think the creativity in this book is a nice balance. If you’re looking for a book to go along with these solar system cards, I recommend Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings by Douglas Florian (affiliate link). The complete set of cards includes the following space-related vocabulary terms: She essentially invented the job of helping her brother make pairs by matching just the picture cards to the control cards. I was especially surprised that my 3 year old found her own way to “play” as well. ![]() He’s starting to read and was motivated enough to try and read each label on his own. My 5 and half year old used the control cards to figure out how to match the picture and information cards. ![]() My baby mostly just wanted to chew on them, but they’re laminated, so it was okay. I was planning to save them as an independent activity for when my 5 and half year old was a bit older, so I was surprised when all of my kids wanted to play with them right away. These space cards are in the Montessori 3-part nomenclature card style, but I included extra information on each one to make them a little more like trading cards. NASA’s awesome new pictures of Pluto prompted me to make these free, printable solar system cards. Is there anyone who isn’t fascinated by astronomy? My kids admittedly have a hard time wrapping their heads around the enormity of space and will ask questions like, “What’s bigger…Jupiter or California?” However, they love talking about planets and learning whatever I’m willing to teach them. ![]()
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