Reply To: Module 3 – Stars, Space and Aliens

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Sinead Forde
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    I would adapt the lesson ‘Lots and Lots of Stars’ for an infant class.
    I would begin with the nursery rhyme ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ followed by asking the children simple questions about stars: Have you seen stars? Where do you usually see stars? Do stars give light? Is the sun a star?
    I would then explain that you can see stars most clearly at night and that the sun is our closest star. It gives off so much light that we have light during the day. The light is so bright that we cannot see the other stars until it is night time (and the sky is clear!)
    I would ask the children to guess how many stars there are in the universe. As we are fortunate enough in our school to be located close to the beach, we would go to the beach where I would explain that there are more stars than there are grains of sand on the whole of planet Earth! The children could explore the sand before returning to the classroom to continue our lesson.
    For the next part of the lesson, we would make a starry sky. I have previously completed this lesson with an infant class, where the children used their fingers to flick the toothbrush with paint to create stars across the page – messy, but immensely enjoyable!
    To consolidate the lesson, we would show and discuss our completed pictures before recapping over the learning.

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