Mother Goose – Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Nursery Rhyme Mini Unit Study

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high,
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are

Fun ideas to use with Twinkle, Twinkle

Play Outer Space Dominoes
Write you own Outer Space story.
Play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Bingo

Art & Crafts:

Make a Magical Star picture – draw stars and watch them appear.
Star Sponge Painting – Sponge paint stars onto a large piece of paper. Use glow in the dark paint and hang them on the ceiling.
Twinkling Stars - Print out our simple star coloring page. Color the star – sprinkle with gold glitter.
Sparkling Diamonds – Color a picture of a diamond. Sprinkle with silver glitter.

Printables:

Cute Star Coloring Page
Mother Goose Coloring Page
Star Puzzles

Snacks & Recipes Ideas

Make Star Sandwiches – make your favorite sandwich and cut out a star shape with a cookie cutter.

Math & Phonics Skills:

Math Worksheet – Star Color Match – 2 worksheets
T is for Twinkle– T coloring page
S is for Star – S Coloring Page

Science

Use this nursery rhyme to teach about stars, sun and moon.
Build a mobile of the planets.
 

~Belinda Mooney

Belinda J. Mooney is a veteran homeschool mom of 7. She loves incorporating all types of learning from cooking to crafts into her children's learning. Her kids, ages 25 down to 7, can often be seen wearing togas (or other strange clothing) to dinner, doing school outside or leaping fences to get a picture of a strange bug. Her husband has threatened to eat the science projects.