A guide for using our resources

Children will identify things the sun can do.

Vocabulary: reflejar, tomar el sol

Science Focus: sun science

Simple, spectacular ideas to boost your lessons.

• This book will teach children more about the Sun in the Solar System.

• Write the following poem on chart paper:

Sol, solecito

caliéntame un poquito 

para hoy, para mañana y

para toda la semana.

• Underline the word sol each time it appears in the magazine. Then make a list of more compound words with sol, such as tornasol, girasol, parasol, soleado, insolación. Let children underline the word sol in each of these words.

• Use pages 2-3 of the issue to do this scavenger hunt as a group.

1. Encuentra el titular. Subráyalo.
2. Encuentra la foto en la que la niña se pone crema solar. Márcala con un ✔.
3. En el recuadro rosado, encuentra la palabra que significa “rebota”. Rodéala.
4. Mira el lagarto en el recuadro anaranjado. ¿Qué otro animal has visto tomar el sol?

Skill: art, science

Materials: construction paper in vivid or dark colors, flat objects from the classroom or outdoors, Plexiglas or plastic wrap (optional)

• Make beautiful art while learning about the sun. Children will see the power of the sun and how shade can block the sun’s rays.
• Have children choose flat, solid items for making prints.
• Take children outdoors to a sunny spot and let them arrange their items on the paper. To print lightweight items like leaves, weigh them down so they stay in place. Plexiglas works great, but you can also use plastic wrap stretched over the paper weighed down at the corners.
• Wait two hours or more, remove the items, and see the stunning prints! The objects blocked the sun so it couldn’t damage the paper. Tip: The longer you wait, the more dramatic your prints will be.