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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Sun Coloring Page
The Sun sits at the centre of the solar system, and every planet in this collection travels around it. Starting here helps children see why the order of the planets matters at all.
The lines on this sheet are thick and widely spaced, so a three or four year old can fill the flame loops without much help. Older children often add colour bands from the centre outwards.
Learn While You Color
What the Sun actually is
The Sun is a star: an enormous ball of hot gas held together by its own gravity. It is not solid, so there is no surface to stand on. Everything we call daylight is light from this single star arriving at Earth.
Why it matters to the planets
The Sun holds about 99 percent of all the material in the solar system, and its gravity is what keeps the eight planets on their looping paths. Without it, the planets would simply travel off in straight lines.
Colouring idea
Colour the centre yellow, the middle ring orange and the outer flames red. It gives children a reason to talk about hotter and cooler parts of the same object.
Fun facts
- About 1.3 million Earths would fit inside the Sun.
- Sunlight takes roughly eight minutes to reach Earth.
- The Sun is around 4.6 billion years old and roughly halfway through its life.
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