There Are So Many Stars

Theme(s): Stars, Astronomy, Night, Counting

Activity: Teach a song

Grade(s): Preschool through 3rd Grade

Materials: Flannel Board Story or Stars on sticks or straws

Lesson Sequence

1.  Anticipatory Set: Who knows a song about stars?  (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star).  Sing the song.  Have you ever seen a star at night?  Can you count all those stars? (No!)

2.  Teaching the Song:

Flannel Board Story: Cut out as many stars you want the children to count using white felt or flannel.  You can use the star located at Christy's Christmas Clipart.  Have the children place them on the flannel board as the song is sung.

You can use stars on sticks or straws if you want instead of the flannel board stars.

There Are So Many Stars
Copyright, 2000, Barbara Pratt, all rights reserved

Tune of: "Old MacDonald Had a Farm"

There are so    many stars, Way up in the sky.
G       G   GD    E   E  D       B      B  A  A   G

I will try to count all the stars, way up in the sky.
D G   G  G  D      E  E    D       B    B   A   A  G

With a star here, and a star there, here a star, there a star, everywhere a star.
D     D  G   G      D    D G    G       G     G  G     G     G G     G  G G        G G

There are so    many stars, Way up in the sky.
G       G   GD    E   E  D       B      B  A  A   G
 
(Repeat the 1st two lines.)

There is one here, and one there, here a star, there a star, everywhere a star.
D       D  G   G      DD   G    G       G    G  G     G     G  G     G  G G        G G

There are so    many stars, Way up in the sky.
G       G   GD    E   E  D       B      B  A  A   G
 
(Repeat the 1st two lines.)
 
There are two here, and two there, here are two, there are two, everywhere are stars.
D       D   G    G       DD  G    G       G     G   G     G      G   G     G  G G        G    G

4.  Closure:  Let's sing "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" again!