Star Gazing

Constellations have always fascinated me. I love to look up at the stars and see all the shapes and admire the beauty Heavenly Father created in the sky. I have a pretty good telescope that I really hoped to use with the girls but light contamination pretty much ruined that for us, so we did what we could with what we were given.

I found several kid friendly websites that showed pictures of some of the more well known constellations. We looked at pictures and talked about where they could be found in the sky and during what time of year. We then played a matching game to see how well they remembered them.

The girls had a blast and were excited to go outside and search. They bundled up in their coats and I gave them cups of cocoa and out we went to search the heavens.

I gave each of the girls cards with the constellations for them to reference and they made a bit of a competition of who could find what first.

I think we will have to do this again, but meet somewhere  there is far less light so we can use the telescope.

Link for the flash cards can be found here:
http://liebacklookup.com/for-a-limited-time-constellation-cards-free-printable/