The activity set I’ve chosen to focus on is ‘stars’. This lesson would be aimed at the infant classes. I would begin the lesson by having a discussion about what we see in the sky in the night. I would then read the book ‘How to catch a star’, by Oliver Jeffers.
After this, I would show the children a short video of a night’s sky and question the children using higher and lower order questions.
Game. I would split the children into pairs and give then 2 hula hoops each. One would signify day and would signify night. I would give the children some pre-made pictures of things you would do during the day and night to differentiate between the two.
After the pair activity, we would engage in a group activity. Each group would get a shoe box several holes punched on the lid. They would also get some black string and tinfoil for making their stars. To end their activity, each group could present their star box creations.