Twinkle Twinkle!
Introduction
Put a lot of extra twinkle in your child�s bedtime routine. You and your child will create a nighttime star scene using the alphabet and lots of sparkle.
Materials:
- 26 Stars cut from yellow or white paper (adults only)
- Glitter
- Glue
- Tape
- Marker
- Flashlight
Directions:
- Write one letter of the alphabet on each star or have your child trace/write each letter.
- Outline each star with glue and help your child add the glitter.
- Allow glue and glitter to dry and then have your child assist you as you tape each star to her ceiling.
- At night, lay in bed with your child. Sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star as you look up at the �stars."
- Take turns finding letters of the alphabet. Turn the lights off and use the flashlight to find each letter.
Take it further:
- Have your child spell out words by flashing the light on a sequence of letters. Use words from the episode (jar, car star, far, bar, firefly, cold, light, dark, etc.)
- Star is an �ar� word. Come up with �ar� words and sing Red�s song.
- Make an alphabet sticker chart. Every time your child masters a letter, they put a gold star next to it.
- Readers can put sight words on the stars instead of letters.
- Look out your child�s window. What can you see? What makes light? Help your child illustrate a nighttime scene. Use the illustration to tell a bedtime story. Maybe your child sees the moon, the sun, planets, a spaceship.
Talk about it:
- Why did Red need to make the word �star� What happened when Princess added an �s� to the end of the word �star?�
- Name all the things you can think of that give us light.
- Have your child relate to the story in the episode. Do you have a nightlight? Have you ever been scared of the dark like Joy and Charlie? Do you sleep with a stuffed animal like Charlie?
