Choose from one of the activities or activity sets outlined in this module:
• Activity Set: Stars
• Activity Set: Space and Aliens
How would you use the activity in your classroom?
I would choose the activity set ‘Stars’. I really liked the ESERO 13: Lots and lots of Stars lesson.
The link with Maths is a great way to build in numeracy activities throughout other subjects. As I mentioned before, I think that for the infant classes covering topics in a themed, cross-curricular way works best. There is great potential in this introduction for extending the children’s learning for any high achievers while still catering to the majority of children.
If I was doing this activity, I think it could work really well as an Aistear station. The children would be able to choose the colour of the night sky that they wanted to pick and they could also pick the colour of the stars. Letting the children have a choice and control over their play is really important. The downside to doing an art activity like this with paint is that it has the potential to be very messy, so I would probably wait for a time that I had another adult in the room so that this table would be supervised during the art activity.
Thanks,
Ciara