Cosmonautics Day April 12 is a special, triumphant holiday, reminiscent of the flight of the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Vostok-1 around the Earth. At this time, thematic events are held in children's institutions, on TV - programs dedicated to astronautics. Remind the children of the official date and try to celebrate the Cosmonautics Day with children in a fun and educational way, turning it into a cozy family holiday.
Decorating a room for astronautics day
Decorate the room in which you are going to celebrate April 12th. Search magazines or print images of famous astronauts, spacecraft, ISS from web pages. Make a collage and hang it on the wall. Be sure to sign photos for children: "Yuri Gagarin - the world's first cosmonaut", "Valentina Tereshkova - the world's first woman astronaut", "Apollo 11" - the first spaceship on the Moon "and so on.
Connect the children to the decoration of the room, prepare crafts together. Try to make a napkin globe that will become the center of a themed display. Print on a printer an image of one hemisphere on an A4 sheet and put it in a file. Pick up small pieces of paper napkins, such as green (land) and blue (water), and place them in separate containers. Moisten the material with water, fill it with PVA glue and stir the resulting mass. Lay out the two-color pattern neatly on the file. After complete drying, the craft can be separated from the film.
Playing with children: scenario for astronautics day
Be sure to plan your play scenario based on the number of children involved and their age. Children 4-6 years old will be happy to make a "flight to the moon", especially with the participation of adults in the general fun. Attach the inscriptions to the clothes of the participants - the names of the planets of the Solar System, place an adult in the center of the room ("Sun") and indicate to the participants their orbits. Someone has to turn on and off a player with space music: while it is playing, the "planets" will rotate in a certain order, when it stops, they will gather in a common circle.
After the warm-up, have fun starts - launch a rocket into space: give everyone the same amount from prepared cardboard strips, circles, triangles. On command, everyone must have time to fold a figure that looks like a spacecraft on the floor in a certain time. After that, the participants "fly to the moon" and, like lunar rovers, can start moving in single file along the line leading to the prize.
On the way, there are craters - circles with tasks corresponding to age. For example, you need to quickly paint a black and white rocket, answer the question ("What is the name of the Earth's satellite?", "Which planet is surrounded by a ring?"). Imagine, join in the general fun and do not forget to capture the most interesting moments of the holiday in photos and videos! It's good if the city has a museum of cosmonautics, where you can go with the whole company.
How to launch a rocket on astronautics day
Children will definitely remember Cosmonautics Day on April 12 if they have the opportunity to launch a small rocket in the yard. To do this, you need a plastic bottle that can be painted white or metallic. Attach a thick paper cone to the bottom with tape. Flush with the neck opposite each other, glue four identical triangles, bending one side of each blank for the glue seam.
Make a small hole in the cork and insert the bike needle pump. Fill the bottle one third full with water. Start pumping air, building up pressure in the container, until the cork takes off and the "rocket" takes off. At the same time, a stream of water will splash out of the neck, and the improvised aircraft will rise quite high. Such an experiment can only be carried out taking into account all precautions so as not to overshadow the holiday.
