This month’s story is from BookTrust and is My Pet Star written by Corrinne Averiss and illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw

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You can borrow more books about stars from your local library.

Then why not try one of these activity ideas

• Look up in the night sky and draw a picture of what you can see.
• Share a bedtime story about space with your grown up
• The night sky is full of stars and planets find out how many planets there are in the sky
• Sing Twinkle, Twinkle little star with a friend.
• Make a pet star (see instructions below)
• In our story the girl finds a star and looks after it like a pet, how do you look after your pets?
• Think about someone who has looked after and cared for you, what did they do to make you feel safe and cared for?

 

Make a Pet Star Activity

 

Materials:

• Thick Cardboard
• Child safe scissors
• Sellotape
• Colourful wool
• PVA Glue

Instructions

• Draw a thick star on the card and let your child have a go at cutting it out using the child safety scissors.
• Using tape, stick the end of one piece of wool to the card, and let your child wrap the wool around each point until the cardboard is covered.
• Your child can make the star as bright and colourful as they want.
• At the end, tuck the last piece of wool in, and add a blob of PVA to hold it in place.

 

For more great ideas of activities to try with your young children check out the Talk Listen Cuddle website