Christmas Stars – 3.C – Add A Little

Movement Moment

Hide and Seek Stars

Supplies:

• Two copies of the free printable colouring sheet (or the full-colour version available on TPT). If you have more than 10 children, print a third copy of the colouring sheet to make additional stars.
• Scissors
• Crayons, markers, pencil crayons, etc.
• Optional: Consider using thicker paper and/or laminating your Hide and Seek Stars board and pieces for greater durability.

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Prep:

• Alternatively, if you prefer to print a full-colour version, check out the 10 Matching Stars on my TPT store.
• Decorate the stars keeping the matching stars looking like they match (i.e. the star with five dots should be the same colour on both sheets of paper so that they are evidently a pair.)
• Cut out the stars from one sheet of paper (these are your stars to hide). Do not cut the other sheet of paper (this is your matching board).

Time to Play:

• “Hide” the stars around the room in obvious places. Consider placing one on a chair, on a windowsill, or even straight on the floor.
• Place the matching board in the center of the room. Gather your children around and show them the stars. Discuss what colours they are.
• Explain to your children that you have hidden the stars around the room. Their job is to find the stars and match them to their pair on the matching board.
• Be excited with the children as they find each star.

Art Activity

Star Shadows

Supplies:

• Paper
• Cardboard or thick cardstock
• Scissors
• Crayons (Alternatively use paint, or use light coloured oil pastels on black paper.)
• Tape

Prep:

• Cut out stars from the cardboard. You need at least one per child who will be doing art at the same time.
• Optional: Cut out a moon.

Time to Create:

• Invite your children to the table. Show them the cardboard star.
• Demonstrate how to make a star shadow picture by doing an example: put a ball of tape on the back of the cardboard star. Secure the star to the middle of your paper.
• Use a crayon to draw from the cardboard onto the paper all around the cardboard star.
• Remove the cardboard star and admire the star shadow.
• Secure a star to your child’s paper and encourage them to try.

Five-Minute Focus

Let’s Learn the ABCs

Letters of the Unit

MNO

Letter Activity

• Time to Learn:

Now that you’ve made all the Hide and Seek Stars, help your child arrange the stars in the shape of each letter.

• For other letter teaching techniques, visit: https://sjlittle.ca/preschool/teaching-the-abcs-at-circle-time/