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Science · The activity desk
Solar system number line
Arrange the eight planets in order from the Sun.
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A little plan for play
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A full sheet of paper and large child-appropriate crayons.
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Let's make it happen
- Draw the Sun at one end of the page and a long line extending from it.
- Add eight circles along the line. Label them Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in that order.
- Point to Earth and count outward to Neptune. Choose a planet to learn more about together.
Adult stays beside the child; this drawing does not show the planets' sizes or distances to scale. Never look directly at the Sun.