Let the children use glitter or salt that has been mixed with food coloring to cover the glue on their paper. Show the children how to make glue designs on their star by holding the bottle upside down and moving it over the paper. ArtĬut out large star shapes on yellow construction paper (older children can cut out their own stars). Mathematics/Geometry & Spatial Sense shows growth in matching, sorting, putting in a series, and regrouping objects according to one or two attributes such as color, shape, or size. Encourage the children to match like kinds. Mathematics/Number & Operations demonstrates increasing interest and awareness of numbers and counting as a means for solving problems and determining quantity. Language Development/Speaking & Communicating uses an increasingly complex and varied vocabulary. (Try to use or hear the children using the various size descriptors throughout the day). Show size of sta with hands and arms while singing. Twinkle, twinkle great big star, Teeny tiny star, Gargantuan star, miniscule star, humongous star, etc. Sing Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or change it up. AND Mathematics/Geometry & Spatial Sense progresses in ability to take apart and put together shapes. AND Physical Health & Development/Fine Motor Skills develops growing strength, dexterity, and control needed to use tools such as stapler, paper punch, scissors, and hammer. Science/Scientific Skills & Methods begins to participate in simple investigations to test observations, discuss and draw conclusions, and form generalizations. Challenge them by placing the flashlight taken apart so that before they can use it the children must put it together. Let the children experiment with a laser pointer or flashlight that has easy on-off so they can make twinkling patterns on the ceiling and walls. Show them how all the animals are gazing at the star. Name each habitat as you look at the animals. Go back through the pages and ask the children if they can name all the animals. AND Creative Arts/Music participates with increasing interest and enjoyment in a variety of musical activities, including listening, singing, finger plays, games, and musical performances. Literacy/Early Writing develops understanding that writing is a way of communicating for a variety of purposes. Encourage the children to sing”Twinkle, twinkle little star” as you point to the words. When you get to the last sentence on each page, Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are, point to the words with your finger. Practice ahead of time so that you can sing the words to the story. Language Development/Speaking & Communicating develops increasing abilities to understand and use language to communicate information, experiences, ideas, feelings, needs, opinions, questions and for other varied purposes. Ask the children if anyone ever stands outside and looks/gazes at the stars with their parent? What do they look like? How do they make you feel? Introduce the book by telling the children that they can help you read today by singing along with you. Explain to the children that the time of day when stars come out is called dusk. Can the children name it? Sing the song Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star with your children. Start off humming one or two songs that you know your children are familiar with. Tell the children that you are going to hum a song and see if they can guess the name of it.
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