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The thing you need to know is that you always need a backup plan just in case it is cloudy or it rains. Currently the sun is spotless and unless you have a Ha solar scope then you cannot show them surface details or prominences around the limb of the sun.
Mornings are good about a week after full moon for using the scope, but they would be just as happy looking through the scope to some distant ground based object.
Print our the solar system - one page per item and get the kids to role play as them, positioning them as a solar system model to get an idea of distance – at that age they really don’t grasp it but it can be fun.
Have some colourful images to show – perhaps a magazine or coffee table book to show some images. Try asking them what they know about space and stuff. Don’t roll around laughing as some of the parents have the same idea……
Take control and don’t for one minute think they will be totally focused on your topic, as the bug crawling of the bird or a boogie they are picking at the moment seems better than what you can offer. Make it interesting and keep engaging them in the talk as they have the attention span of a gnat.
Make sure you tell them never to look directly at the sun.
Oh and make up some simple colouring in sheets – even a dot to dot or a cut and paste.
If you take your scope remember a step ladder for them to hold on to and get to the eyepiece.
LOL and ask who wants to be an astronaut…..
ok rambled on here enough
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