Every summer, I do "Mommy Summer School." We do a lot of fun activities that incorporate learning - and spark an interest in a new subject. I usually break the weeks into themes, and in late July we had an "air and space" theme going. As part of our week, I bought the boys model rocket kits. Since they are young, we picked up a ready-to-fly kit for Nolan and an almost ready-to-fly kit for Matthew.
Once the rockets were built, we headed down to the middle school field to shoot them off.
There is nothing more fun than setting off a rocket. We talked about all the different rocket parts and watched as the rockets reached apogee.
The boys were so excited to launch them again and again.. until we ran out of engines.
I have a feeling this is an activity that will stay with us for a while. The boys have had so much fun launching the rockets, and it has really sparked an interest in physics and space exploration.
Matt, ready to launch his rocket!
Nolan was proud of his tall rocket.
Blast off!
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