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 Star Stories By Julie Joy An Activity for Preschoolers Stargazing is the highlight of any camping trip. This writing activity encourages children to use their imagination as they craft their own star myth. Curriculum Area Science and Art Before You Start There are many myths that explain how a particular constellation got in the sky. Talk about this with the children and share a myth. Suggestions include The Bear in the Sky by Stefan Czernecki or The Woman in the Moon by Jama Kim Rattigan. Let's Begin 1. Give each child a piece of construction paper and an assortment of stickers. Have them create a picture or pattern on their paper. 2. Encourage the children to trade papers. 3. Have each child write a short creation story telling what those stars look like or represent - and how they got in the sky. 4. Display the stories with the pictures. Furthermore to arrange a field trip to a planetarium or a time to go stargazing. Have book available with photographs of actual constellations.   Black or blue construction paper Foil star stickers Paper and pencil Creation myth or legend about stars 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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