To kids over 4 years of age is becoming extremely interesting all the surrounding space. It is at this age that most of the children begin to "fall asleep" moms, dads, grandmothers and grandfathers with endless questions about what is going on around them. To explain to small children some phenomena is quite difficult, and parents are simply lost in the stream of never-ending children's "Why?".
One of the objects most interesting for kids is the starry sky. If you pay attention to bright stars and start telling about the solar system, you can drag on crumbs for a long time and hear a huge number of various questions.
For the youngest children, the first knowledge of astronomy will concern the planets of the solar system. It is about them that you have to tell the child so that you are interested in him. In this article, we'll talk about how to do this so that the kid understands what the solar system is and what objects it includes.
The study of the solar system for children
To study the solar system with children, you need to prepare a model. Some parents buy a ready-made model in the store, while others prefer to make it themselves. In any case, the model of the solar system must consist of the Sun and large celestial bodies, or planets. Explain to the child that 8 planets are moving in space around the Sun, one of which is our Earth. Besides her, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Neptune, Uranus and Saturn make their orbit.
Another 10 years ago, Pluto was also referred to the planets, but today modern scientists consider it to be only a large celestial body. In order for the child to quickly remember the names of the planets and their order in the solar system, you can use the following counters:
In order all the planets
Will call any of us:
Once - Mercury,
Two are Venus,
Three - Earth,
Four is Mars.
Five - Jupiter,
Six is Saturn,
Seven - Uranus,
Behind him is Neptune.
A story about the planet of the solar system for children can be constructed as follows:
People have been studying the planet since ancient times. All of them move around the Sun, including our Earth. The inner planets of the terrestrial group are located closer to the Sun. They have a hard surface and high density. In the center of the inner planets is a liquid core. This category includes the Earth, Venus, Mars and Mercury.
Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus are much farther from the Sun and much larger in size than the inner planets, due to which they are called giant planets. They differ from the terrestrial group not only in size but also in structure - they consist of gas, mainly hydrogen and helium, and do not have a solid surface.
Between Mars and Jupiter is the belt of small planets - asteroids. They are similar to planets, but they are smaller - from several meters to thousands of kilometers. Behind the orbit of Neptune, in the belt of Kopeyr, is Pluto. Kopeyr's belt is many times wider than the belt of asteroids, but it also consists of small celestial bodies.
In addition, satellites are constantly rotating around each planet. Our Earth has only one satellite, the Moon, and there are more than 400 of them. Finally, hundreds of thousands of small celestial bodies, such as meteorites, streams of atomic particles, comets, etc., are plowing the solar system. Virtually the entire mass of the solar system - 99.8% - is concentrated in the Sun. Due to the force of its attraction, all objects, including planets, are held in the solar system and revolve around its center. In addition, most celestial bodies also rotate around their axis.
To visually demonstrate your story, show the kids a documentary about the planets of the solar system for children, for example, the Air Force. In addition, the children may be interested in such films as:
- "Zathura: A Space Adventure";
- "Petya in space";
- "Guest from the future."
- "Belka and Strelka";
- "The mystery of the third planet";
- "Space agents";
- "Monkeys in space";
- "Dunno on the Moon";
- "We shall fly to the moon!".
Also, you can tell a little why about why the wind is blowing , or why we see a blue sky.