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Stars {Preschool Shapes}

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We’ve been having a lot of fun with shapes around here and I’m really surprised at all the non-basic shapes Chipmunk is now able to recognize.  For example, we were looking through the Love Heart Learning – Shapes ebook and she knew trapezoid!  Impressive.

This week, we focused in on stars.  One of the day care kids has a  Twilight Sea Turtle and she brought it in for us all to look at the stars.  It was a lot of fun except one of the kids hated turning out the lights, so we couldn’t play with it for too long. 

I love how the little stars really sparkle in this book!

Our Week’s Activities

Book: The Sea Mice and the Stars

Songs: Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

Crafts: Masking Tape Star, Watercolor Resist Star

Family Activity: Looking at the stars in the backyard

Masking Tape Star

What You Need:

Star Pattern Printable  (PDF format)

Masking Tape

Paint and brush

What You Do:

Show the toddler (or baby) the star and ask them if they know what it is.  Tell them you’ll be painting the star today. As you put masking tape over the lines on the star, ask them where stars live.  You could even sing Twinkle Twinkle while you work.  (Don’t like singing?  Check out Freegal — a service provided through your local library where you can get thousands of songs free!!!)

Once the star is all taped up, let your child paint away!  Once they are done painting, remove the masking tape (slowly!). I found that if you take the tape off while the paint is still wet, it doesn’t rip the paper as much.  Your lines might not be quite as straight, but that’s okay!

 

 

Watercolor Resist Star 

This activity is great for even the littlest of hands!

What You Need:

Star Pattern Printable

White crayon

Water Colors and brush

What You Do:

Before child comes to the craft table, color in the star with white crayon.  My resist didn’t come through very strongly, so make sure you color in with bold lines and fill in all the space.  Introduce the shape to your child and talk about stars you’ve seen lately.

Allow your child to paint with watercolors.  The paint should resist the white crayon and only go on the outside of the star.  Watercolor is a great low-mess paint, so even older infants can participate in this craft.   Take a look!

These kids are stars in my book, that’s for sure!

 

What about You?

What are some fun ways you teach your preschooler about stars?

Free Shape Ebooks and Apps (I don’t know how good these are!)

Stay tuned next week for another star activity!

About the Author

Lindsey Whitney is a blogger over at Growing Kids Ministry.  A blog designed to help parents, teachers, and Children’s Ministry workers who want to help the kids they love grow in their faith.   You can connect with her via twitter or on facebook.

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Lindsey Whitney

Friday 5th of October 2012

Connie, I'm so glad to hear that! I know sometimes it's tough finding simple activities that are still meaningful. I'm glad we could help!

Connie Gruning

Thursday 4th of October 2012

I was just starting to look around for teaching idea's for my Granddaughter (I babysit 4 days a week) your site is like a ray of sunshine!! Thank you so much for all these awesome idea's!! Alice and I will be making Stars on Monday!! Thank you!!