Counting Stars
Some new possibilities
for an old favorite.
Materials
Song: “Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star”
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.
This Version (Alternate):
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Stars are twinkling up in heaven.
8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Now you sing it by yourselves.
Procedures
1. Sing “Twinkle, Twinkle” raising hands above the head. For
“like a diamond,” open and close fingers to look like a twinkling star.
2. Lead the children in humming the melody without singing the words. Explain
to them that they were humming the melody and ask them to say the word, “mel-o-dy.”
Tell them that the next song they will sing has new words but the same melody
as “Twinkle, Twinkle.”
3. Lead them in singing “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7…”
Variation
1. Try leading a fantasy after singing the song. “Everyone close your eyes. Can
you see the star? Reach out and try to touch it. What’s on your star?” Let kids
take turns telling about their star. Accept any response – the important thing
is sharing with the group.
2. Think about expanding other nursery rhymes and favorite songs to include, to
dramatize or to fantasize.
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