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"I like being different from all the rest, it's just how I was made.
I like to rotate backwards, I call it retrograde.
I'm an independent girl. No moon is in my life.
He'd only follow me around...Beg me to be his wife."
- Venus
"I'm the ONLY planet where things are known to live.
Want to know my secret? It's the water that I give.
More than HALF of me is water, in the liquid form.
And just a few clouds in the sky keep me nice and warm."
- Earth
"I have two tiny little moons that look over my shoulder.
And I don't have those greenhouse clouds so I am much, much colder.
I may look mean and angry, but I'm really a nice guy.
Except when CRAZY METEORS come flying through the sky!"
- Mars
"I THINK I have a rocky core. I really can't be certain.
It's hard to find a single thing under this gassy curtain.
I'm not quite sure if my red spot has been here since my birth.
All I know is it's a storm three times the size of Earth."
- Jupiter
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Okay, I'll admit it - I'm copying the 40% off Wikki Stix promotion. But they had such a great response, so I thought, what the heck! I received a notice that they are going to extend their 40% promotion through September 30th, so I'm jumping on the bandwagon!
Place your Wikki Stix order at http://www.wikkistix.com/, using coupon code BTS24, then send me an email at jen@shoddyshirtbooks.com to let me know you've placed your order. Then I'll send you a coupon code for 40% off Planetary Personalities!
40% off both products! And you'll have everything you need to complete the solar system project from my September 3rd blog post. (Scroll down for project pictures & instructions) Hurry! Offer ends September 30th!
Are you a blogger on a parenting or educational site? Would you like to review my book? Send me a message at jen@shoddyshirtbooks.com if you're interested!
Jupiter is the closest to the Earth since 1963. You can see it in tonight's sky by looking for the brightest object nearest to the moon. If you have a telescope or a good pair of binoculars, you can also see four of Jupiter's biggest moons! If you have a clear sky in your neck of the woods tonight, don't miss out this opportunity to see our biggest planet!
Did you know? Jupiter's red spot is a storm three times the size of Earth! Get your copy of Planetary Personalities and learn lots of other tidbits of trivia about all the planets!
Also, scroll down to see my post from Sept. 3rd for a fun family project, using Wikki Stix to create the planets!
I just got word of a Wikki Stix promotion, offering 40% off online orders! Use it for the Planetary Personalities project or a million other things! They're reusable, non-toxic and promote endless creative opportunities. The offer is good through 12:00 noon PT on Thursday, Sept. 16th. Enter promo code BTS24 during checkout to receive your 40% off.
Our friend's son, Mason, really got into the Wikki Stix/Planetary Personalities project. Here are a couple of his characters brought to life - Venus & Mars. He even added the meteors hurling toward Mars! (Scroll down to see Earth & Saturn from my Sept. 3rd post!)
This is a picture of Ms. Dickman's
2nd grade classroom at Luke Elementary
last school year.
They had a book review, and the students
picked Planetary Personalities as their favorite!
My box of Wikki Stix just came in the mail yesterday, and I couldn't wait to start building some Planetary Personalities characters with them. I started with Earth. First I wrapped some blue Wikki Stix around a golf ball. Next I added some continents and facial features, but I didn't like the way it looked. It was too bulky, and everything was resting on top of the ocean instead of within it. So I disassembled it, leaving the pieces I liked together. (That's the best part about this project - since Wikki Stix are reusable, mistakes aren't final!) On my second try, I put the continents and facial features on first, then filled in the gaps with the blue ocean. Not too bad for a beginner's effort!
Next I created Saturn, but this time I used Glow-in-the-Dark Wikki Stix! Whenever I read the book to groups of kids, they all "oooh & aaahhh" over Saturn's beautiful colors. Learning from my first attempt, I put the facial features on first, then wound multiple colors around the golf ball until it was covered. For the rings, I attached one Wikki Stix to the back, then attached multiple colors end to end so that they spiraled around Saturn's body. All that was left to do was plug in a blacklight and watch Saturn shine!
If you would like to try this project, here's where you can get the materials:
Planetary Personalities, a fun rhyming story about the characteristics of the planets in our solar system: http://www.shoddyshirtbooks.com/
Wikki Stix, the One-of-a-Kind Creatables: http://www.wikkistix.com/ (Use coupon code MB24 during checkout, and receive 25% off your total order!)
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