{"id":2577,"date":"2018-08-05T02:03:11","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T02:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=2577"},"modified":"2018-08-06T15:50:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:50:42","slug":"how-to-catch-a-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/08\/05\/how-to-catch-a-star\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Catch a Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Materials<\/strong><br \/>\nStar shapes (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Great-Explorations-Glow-Wonder-Stars\/dp\/B00009ENDK\/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1533433527&amp;sr=8-8&amp;keywords=plastic+glow+in+the+dark+stars\">plastic glow-in-the-dark stars<\/a> or stars cut from cards stock or paper)<br \/>\nFlashlight (optional)<br \/>\nBook:&nbsp;<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Catch-Star-Oliver-Jeffers\/dp\/0399242864\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1533433664&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=how+to+catch+a+star+by+oliver+jeffers\">How to Catch a Star<\/a><\/em> by Oliver Jeffers (optional)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><br \/>\nHide stars around the house or out in the yard. If you have the book, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Catch-Star-Oliver-Jeffers\/dp\/0399242864\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1533433664&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=how+to+catch+a+star+by+oliver+jeffers\"><em>How to Catch a Star<\/em>,<\/a> read it to you child.&nbsp; After reading the book, tell your child there are stars hidden all over the house or in the yard and she needs to go catch her&nbsp; own stars. Provide a flashlight for additional fun! Your child will enjoy playing the game over and over and even hiding the stars for you to find.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lesson Extensions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Count the stars<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Use different colors and sizes of stars. Sort the stars.<\/li>\n<li>Write letters on the stars and encourage your child to find and keep only the stars that start her name<\/li>\n<li>Write uppercase and lowercase letters on the stars and have your child match the letters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a great game that can be played with several children and with a variety of ages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials Star shapes (plastic glow-in-the-dark stars or stars cut from cards stock or paper) Flashlight (optional) Book:&nbsp; How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers (optional) Directions Hide stars around the house or out in the yard. If you have the book, How to Catch a Star, read it to you child.&nbsp; After reading the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/08\/05\/how-to-catch-a-star\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Catch a Star&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":2578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2577"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2606,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2577\/revisions\/2606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}