Preschool-aged children learn effectively through song and rhymes. There are a number of songs that center around the sun and stars, for example, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, Star Light, Star Bright and Four Little Stars. These activities will get your preschooler to start thinking about the sun and stars.
Arts and crafts are commonly used in preschool classrooms to teach children concepts. Preschoolers can make various arts and crafts projects that focus on the sun and stars.
Make glowing stars by painting pre-cut stars with glow-in-the-dark paint. Punch a hole in the stars and make mobiles out of them, displaying them around the classroom or home and using them in future lessons.
Another fun activity to is create binoculars and telescopes out of paper towel and toilet paper tubes. Decorate them with tin foil and other craft supplies and let your
A themed week helps to solidify a child's understanding of concepts. Teach various subjects with sun and stars as a central theme.
For example, your preschooler can count and pattern stars for math. In science, he can investigate the properties of the sun. For library or reading time, he can read (or be read to) about the sun and stars; and in English/Language arts, he can learn how to write the letter "S" and spell the words "sun" and "stars."
Some suitable books include "Stars, Stars, Stars," "The Sun, Our Nearest Star," "Our Stars," "The Kids Book of the Night Sky," "Sun Up, Sun Down" and "The Sun is My Favorite Star."
Dramatic play is key to the healthy development and learning of preschoolers. Letting them pretend to be someone or something different allows them to experience the world and gain a better understanding of how the world works in a safe environment.
Give your preschooler different props to learn about the sun and the stars. Let him use the binoculars and telescopes he made, along with a projector that casts the night sky on to the ceiling, to pretend that he is an astronomer. He can use puppets to enact a Martian discovery or wear costumes to reenact how and where the sun rises and sets.
Take your preschooler on a field trip to a planetarium where she can learn all about space and the solar system in a safe environment.