Theme: The Night Sky
Honey Pot is 2 years and 6 months old
Little M&M is 7 months old
Books
We borrowed a few
books from the library about stars. Here’s what we got, in order of Honey Pot’s
most-requested:
The Berenstain
Bears and the Wishing Star
by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Half a Moon and
One Whole Star by Crescent
Dragonwagon
Mouse, Mole and
the Falling Star by A.H.
Benjamin
What The Sun
Sees/What The Moon Sees by
Nancy Tafuri
Puddle Moon by Mari Gayatri Stein
Starry Bopper Headband
I found this cute idea
from Sun Hats and Wellie Boots. I quickly put it together during Honey Pot’s
nap and she wore it during our first activity of the week! She loved it!
Constellations
I took some scraps
of black paper and drew three popular constellations onto them with white
chalk. Then I took our star stickers and asked Honey Pot to put one onto each
white dot in the constellations.
She loved doing
this! When all of the stars were in place, she tried connecting the stars to
form the shapes.
Then I gave her a blank
piece of paper and asked her to make her own constellation. She took a few
stickers and put them all near the top. Then I asked her what she wanted to
call her constellation, and she said, “Love.” So that is what it was called!
Star Sensory Bottle
I wanted Little
M&M to participate in this week’s theme, so I poured some star beads into a
bottle and gave it to him to explore.
He loved rolling it…
Investigating it…
And shaking it
around!
Even Honey Pot
enjoyed shaking it up.
Star Snacks
Little M&M had a
star-shaped snack…puffs! …which he has just about every day, lol.
And Honey Pot
enjoyed some cheese and crackers!
Catch A Falling Star Song
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is our daily nap and bedtime song, so it seemed redundant to include that as part of this theme. Instead, I introduced Honey
Pot to this popular song, and she requested it over and over again. By the end
of the week she tried to sing along!
Starry Glow Bath
Finally, we partook in
the phenomenon sweeping all of Pinterest…glowing baths! We placed a few on the
walls and threw a few into the water for her to play with. And she loved when
we turned out the lights! Sorry for the poor picture quality, but here is a
glimpse!
Stars from Play Dough
We used our homemade
play doughs and star cookie cutters for some hands-on play. Honey Pot enjoyed
cutting the stars out, slicing them up, squishing them together, etc.
Rhymes with Star
We’ve been talking
about rhymes with Honey Pot for a little while, and it seems a hit or miss as
to whether or not she understands them. So I created a few sequences in
Photoshop Elements, and asked her which in each strip rhymes with star. She needed
a bit of help with these, but it was a great start to this new concept!
Star-Gazing
On a clear night this week, we also bundled up and took Honey Pot outside for a look at the night sky. It was so cold though, so we didn't stay out too long!* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
