Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Music for Learning Recommended Reading Activities & Curriculum Arts & Crafts Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! We'll send you regular emails filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now   ACTIVITY Sounds Under the Stars By Julie Joy An Activity for Preschoolers Preschool children have vivid imaginations and are learning to create their own stories. This activity jump starts their interest and encourages them to verbalize their ideas. Curriculum Area Language and Science Before You Start Read a story about camping out, such as When Daddy Took Us Camping by Julie Billhart or The Ten Alarm Camp Out by Kathy Warren. Talk about things you might do or see when camping. Let's Begin 1. Before class, stick the stars on the ceiling in a pattern. 2. Have the children lie on their backs on the floor. Tell them we are pretending to sleep under the stars in the outdoors. 3. Turn off the lights so the children can see the stars on the ceiling. Ask them what shapes or outlines they see in the stars. 4. Have the children be very quiet and listen. Play the tape and try to identify each sound. You can create your own tape if needed. Furthermore Visit a pet store and purchase some feeder crickets. Place in baby food jars with holes punched in the top to create a greater “outdoorsy” mood. When you’re done with the crickets, let the children examine them before setting them free outdoors.   Glow in the dark star stickers Tape with sounds of animals - bear, owls, crickets, mosquitoes, snakes, etc. Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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