April Storytime

Hello Friends!

I hope you enjoyed listening to A Few Beautiful Minutes: Experiencing a Solar Eclipse by Kate Allen Fox with pictures by Khoa Le. I think it is a beautiful book about the eclipse. Did you get to experience the total solar eclipse? It was a cloudy day here at the museum, but we saw a little bit of it!

Here is a picture of our view of the eclipse from the museum!

This month's activity

This month's activity helps us learn what happens when a total solar eclipse happens. 
You will need this printout, crayons or colored pencils, whole puncher, scissors, tape, two strips of construction paper that are the same size, and 4 paper fasteners.

Step 1. Color the sun, moon, and earth.

Step 2. Cut out the sun, moon, and earth.

​Step 3. Use the hole puncher to punch 1 hole in the center of the sun, moon, and earth. Ask an adult if you need help. 

Step 4. Use the hole puncher to punch 1 whole on each end of each strip of the constriction paper
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Step 5. Using the holes in the sun and the moon, attach the moon to the sun using 1 piece of construction paper and 2 fasteners.

Step 6. Using the holes in the sun and the earth, attach the earth to the sun using the other piece of construction paper and 2 fasteners.

Step 7. Show how a total solar eclipse works by moving the moon in front of the sun. This is what happened on April 8th!

I hope you enjoyed this activity! We will see you next month!
Ms. Marissa