I’d like to do the activity set on Stars with my Senior Infants class. The obvious choice for a starting point would be the song ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’. I’d sing the song with them adding in finger actions focusing on stars in the sky and some shooting stars too. This would be done through circle time. We can then move onto identifying rhyming words in the song and make various lists of rhyming words. I would then read the lovely book ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ by Iza Trapani. We would finish this English lesson with a sequencing and writing activity in little groups.
We could also do some pattern tracing and cutting skills using this song.
For Maths, I’d use the ‘Lots and lots of stars’ lesson with the marbles for counting and asking the various questions of ‘ who thinks there are more stars in the sky than these marbles?’. I’d explain there are billions of stars in the sky more than all the grains of sand in the world! I told my own 7 year old this when I read it in this module and she was fascinated! I’d use the worksheet for counting, numbering and drawing the correct number of stars.
For Art, I’d complete the ‘Starry Sky’ activity. Prior to this, we’d discuss the discussion sheet of the starry sky and then complete the activity using toothbrushes.