Gather at-home Printables Prep Ahead

Participant Prep Kit

Before event day: Gather at-home materials, prep your helmet, cut out your rockets and launch targets.On event day: Grab your materials, log into Zoom with your personalized registration link and get ready for some fun!

Helmet See step by step prep directions on next page.

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No printer, no problem!Make your own rocket

and launch targets!

RocketsCut out the paper rockets and fold in half.

crayons tape

Two straws

Paper cup Two paper clips

Pencil paper plate or cardboard

2” paper triangle and square

scissors

Let’s learn with wind power by making a weather vane, then can we help Curious George blast off!

Launch TargetsCut out each set of skill cards along the solid and dotted lines. Keep each set in different baggies to easily identify games.

Paper bag wide enough to fit over your child’s head

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I Am an AstronautDIY Step by Step: Astronaut Helmet

Materials:• Brown bag large enough to fit over a child’s head• Scissors• Crayons, markers, or stickers

Step 1:

Place the bag by the top of child’s head.Draw the head opening.Draw the shoulder openings on the sides of the bag.

Step 2:

Cut out the head openings and shoulder openings.

Step 3:

Decorate!

Materials:• Straw• Tape• Rocket template• Paper clip

Questions to ask:• How do you launch your rocket if you want it to go far?• How do you launch it if you want it to go high?

Test a different design:• Try launching your rocket with a paperclip attached at the top.• Try it without a paperclip.• Which design flies farther? Why do you think that is?

Blast Off!

How to build your rocket:• Cut out the rockets and fold in half• Tape the top and sides only • Insert the straw in the bottom opening • Tape the open areas next to the straw, making sure it can slide in and out easily.• Blow to launch your rocket!

Launch Targets Skills:Squares – rhyming wordsHexagons – beginning soundsTrapezoids – counting syllables

Cut out each shape along the solid and dotted lines. Practice skills by completing each puzzle. Use a set of completed puzzles as targets for launching your rocket.

bug - rug wet - nethop - mopbat - cat

pumpkin - paintsnail - scissorshand - heartbox - baby

dog (one syllable) bas-ket-ball (three syllables)spi-der (two syllables)tur-tle (two syllables)

Launch Targets Skills:Squares – rhyming wordsHexagons – beginning soundsTrapezoids – counting syllables

Make more launch target puzzles!