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In my classroom I would use the ESERO activity Lots and Lots of Stars. I really liked this activity as it provided different ways for the children to access the learning. There was visual learning and hands on learning incorporated within the lesson. I would begin my lesson by showing the children a video of the song twinkle twinkle little star. I would then begin a discussion based on the video asking the students if they have seen a star before and when do they see stars? This would then link nicely into the jar of marble activity outlined in the ESERO activity. I would use this activity to ask the children how many stars do they think are in the sky and compare it to the number of children in the class and school and if they think there is more. I would then move onto the hands on activity of making a starry night. This hands on activity allows the children to create their own stars and physically see how many stars they’re might be. I would then introduce the count the stars activity. Each group would get a picture and work together to count how many stars they think are in the picture. For students who have difficult counting past 10 I would encourage them to place a small cube on each star and at the end I would display the picture on the board and count with the class together. At the end of the lesson I would ask the children to answer a couple of question to check for understanding. For example give me a thumbs up or thumbs down if we see stars at nighttime ?