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Theme(s): Stars, Astronomy, Night, Counting
Activity: Teach a song
Grade(s): Preschool through 3rd Grade
Materials: Flannel Board Story or Stars on sticks or straws
Lesson Sequence
1. Anticipatory Set: Who knows a song about stars? (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star). Sing the song. Have you ever seen a star at night? Can you count all those stars? (No!)
2. Teaching the Song:
Flannel Board Story: Cut out as many stars you want the children to count using white felt or flannel. You can use the star located at Christy's Christmas Clipart. Have the children place them on the flannel board as the song is sung.
You can use stars on sticks or straws if you want instead of the flannel board stars.
There Are So Many Stars
Copyright © 2000, 2002 Barbara Pratt. All rights reserved.
Tune of: "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
There are so many stars, way up in the sky!
G G GD
E E D
B B A A G
I will try to count all the stars, way up in the sky!
D G G G D
E
E D
B B A A G
With a star here, and a star there, here a star, there a star,
everywhere a star.
D D G
G D D
G G
G G G
G G G G G
G G G
There are so many stars, way up in the sky!
G G GD
E E D
B B A A G
(Repeat the 1st two lines.)
There is one here, and one there, here a star, there a star,
everywhere a star.
D D G
G DD G
G G G
G G G
G G G
G G G
There are so many stars, way up in the sky!
G G GD
E E D
B B A A G
(Repeat the 1st two lines.)
There are two here, and two there, here are two, there are two,
everywhere are stars.
D D
G
G DD G
G G
G G
G
G G G G
G G G
4. Closure: Let's sing "Twinkle,
Twinkle
Little Star" again!
Teaching Tools
1-10 Star Count Felt Board Story / Flannel Board Story Set
This felt set can be used to help children learn to count from 1-5
or 1-10. You can use this set as a Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Felt Set. (All you need to use are the five stars and place each
star on the flannel board as you sing each sentence of the song.)
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Note: These stars are ALSO AVAILABLE to purchase as individual felt pieces.
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Felt Board Story / Flannel Board
Story Set

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Copyright 2000, 2011 Barbara Pratt. All rights reserved.
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