Space Unit

Today we continued our activities marking the tenth anniversary of Oliver Jeffers’ How To Catch A Star Inspired by Meet The Dubiens we made sand paper starfish. First I printed off a starfish…

To go along with our study of the sun , I created sensory bins to teach about day and night . Last week we studied the sun and how...

This was just a fun looking project. Children would scatter glow paint inside of mason jars and create their own stars in a jar. I would do this in conjunction with our astronomy unit - most likely as an end of unit activity.

Our first day playing with our water table, nearly three years ago, we knew it was going to bring years of fun. We were not wrong. As soon as the sun poked its head round the corner of the curtains…

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How to Catch a Star Activities - extension activities for the book How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers

How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers is one of our favorite children’s books. We were inspired by the beautiful illustrations in the story to create this watercolor ocean and star art for kids! Follow our Children’s Book Activities Pinterest board! (This post contains affiliate links.) We are huge fans of children’s books by …

Easy kids crafts that match with popular picture books. 24 books with crafts to match!

If you read my blog on a regular basis you probably know by now that we love using our favourite story books as springboards for learning. We have had Night Monkey Day Monkey by Julia Donaldson on…

Download your own printable activities to do alongside How To Catch A Star! Maze Spot the Difference, Make a Mobile, Dot to Dot and more!

Uzun zamandır gece-gündüz kavramının farkında olsa da Kayra,son zamanlarda ''karanlık oldu anne,yatçaz uyuucass''cümlelerinden sonra bir de duyusal olarak farkındalık yaratmak istedim. Duyusal havuzların ayrı bir yeri vardır bende. Ayrı bir keyif alıyorum hazırlarken,sunarken,oğluşun keşfetmesini izlerken... Bu sefer ki de pek hoşuma gitti.Nelerle mi hazırladım:Gündüz havuzumuzun gökyüzü mavi boyalı pirinçlerden;bulutlar ve güneşimiz de evadan.Gece havuzumuzun gökyüzü çaydan:)Ay ve…

When they try to play together, Night Monkey and Day Monkey learn how differently they see the same world.