While watching the Planets Song (Animated Music Video), students learn about the order of planets in our solar system as well as cool facts about each planet.
While listening to the Planets Song (MP3), students learn about the order of planets in our solar system as well as cool facts about each planet.
In this solar system sequencing planets activity, kindergarten to 5th grade students put the eight planets in order from the Sun and match their names. Answer key included.
Space flash cards with bright pictures of the sun, moon, planets and more help kindergarten to 4th grade students learn space words and facts. An answer key is included.
Eight planets, one big sun
Kindergartners learn that we live on a planet called Earth, and that it is one of eight planets that travel around the sun. They learn the sun gives us light and warmth. They meet the planets through fun facts: Jupiter is the biggest, Saturn has rings, and Mars looks red. The click comes when kids look up at the sky and realize Earth is a planet too, spinning and moving through space with them on it!
Planets are huge ideas for little learners. These moves make them friendly and fun.
Play the Planets Song and hold up a picture of each planet as it is named. Kids point and sing along. A song plus pictures helps five-year-olds connect names to faces fast.
Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withPlanets Song (Animated Music Video)SongsOpen it →Hold up a space card and ask, "Who is this?" Kids shout the answer or a fact, like "Saturn has rings!" Quick daily rounds make the planets feel like old friends.
Why it works: pulling an answer out of memory makes it stick far better than rereading it, one of the strongest findings in learning research (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withSpace Flash CardsFlash CardsOpen it →Put planet pictures on the floor in order from a sun cutout. Kids walk from the sun and say each name. Moving their bodies helps them remember which is close and which is far.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withSolar System Sequencing Planets ActivityActivitiesOpen it →Little astronauts are ready! These ideas launch the fun.
Teacher favorites right now: Planets Song (Animated Music Video), Planets Song (MP3) and Solar System Sequencing Planets Activity.
They should know Earth is a planet, the sun is a star, and there are eight planets that travel around the sun. Many kids also learn one fun fact about each planet.
Use songs, pictures and movement. Keep facts short and fun, like "Jupiter is the biggest planet."
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. Kids love hearing that more than 1,000 Earths could fit inside it.
Use fruit to show planet sizes, like a grape for Earth and a watermelon for Jupiter. Kids remember it for a long time.
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