Rocket and Astronaut
EasyAges 4-11
A rocket lifting off with an astronaut, stars and a crescent moon. Bold outlines for younger children.
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Earth and Moon Coloring Page
This is the planet children already know, which makes it a useful place to talk about the others. The continents are drawn simply, so younger children can colour them without tracing coastlines exactly.
The Moon sits alongside at a workable size rather than a true one, which is a good moment to mention that real distances in space are far larger than any page can show.
Learn While You Color
The third planet from the Sun
Earth sits at a distance where water can stay liquid rather than freezing solid or boiling away. That one fact explains most of what makes our planet different from its neighbours.
What the Moon does for us
The Moon's gravity pulls on the oceans and causes the tides, and it steadies the tilt of the Earth, which keeps our seasons regular year after year.
Colouring idea
Ask children to colour the oceans before the land. Seeing how much of the page is water makes the point that roughly seven tenths of Earth's surface is ocean.
Fun facts
- Earth travels around the Sun at about 30 kilometres every second.
- About 71 percent of Earth's surface is covered by water.
- The Moon is slowly moving away from Earth, roughly 4 cm a year.
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