Seeing Stars

I know it is a bit early for me to be posting my Unplugged Challenge for the week since I normally wait until Monday morning but I am planning to take the next week or two off from blogging. Anyway, just thought I would share before I signed off for the holidays.

For the Unplugged Challenge theme Light/Dark we spent some time making stars on the ceiling. Bug got this fun constellation guide (Seeing Stars: Shining Star Light) for Christmas that came with a light and constellation cards. You can hold the light under the cards to display the stars on the ceiling. After bath one evening, we all curled up on the floor of the kids’ room to watch the stars by the light of their little Christmas tree.

Bug loves the movie Clash of the Titans so he really enjoyed using the cards of the characters he knew (Perseus, Andromeda, Pegasus, etc).

Summer Stars (Poem of the Month)

Here is the poem we will be working on memorizing for the month of August.

Summer Stars by Carl Sandburg

BEND low again, night of summer stars.

So near you are, sky of summer stars,

So near, a long arm man can pick off stars,

Pick off what he wants in the sky bowl,

So near you are, summer stars,

So near, strumming, strumming,

So lazy and hum-strumming.