How to Catch a Star

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Book Genre: Academic, Adventure, Childrens, Environment, Fantasy, Fiction, Growth Mindset, Nature, Picture Books, Psychology, School, Space, Storytime Grab your crayons and pencils and have fun colouring in this How to Catch a Star picture. How to Catch a Star Maze

Once they were cut out we collected the together and got ready to wrap them in foil. We simply measured suitable sized squares of silver kitchen foil and put a snip either side of each star point to allow us to wrap the foil around the stars neatly. It has a happy ending, and the boy does get a star for a friend (or possibly just a washed-up dead starfish), but it's really interesting the range of emotions he goes through over the course of the story, and seeing how kids relate to them. Two-year-olds are especially attuned to characters from stories who become sad, and there is a scene where the boy is so forlorn and dejected that young readers are really concerned for him. All good signs of developing empathy.There once was a boy who followed his dream. Although the end result wasn’t exactly what he had originally planned, what he received was perfect. Oliver Jeffers does it again, as my heart was singing when I finished reading this book and I immediately, had to reread it. Why does the boy think the star looks really big? Connect the dots in this How to Catch a Star dot to dot activity sheet to find out. Printable How to Catch a Star Mobile Craft to Make The simple illustrations can be used as a sequencing activity on a time line or a washing line as the children retell it independently. Finally he sees a star ‘floating’ in the water and he thinks this is finally his chance get his prize – and so he does as a star fish washes up on the shore. The ending to this book really is uplifting and heartwarming as the little boy realises his dream and catches his very own ‘star’. It’s the sort of adventure children would love to imagine themselves in and at the same time can relate to his determination - that’s possibly why they love reading it. This was Oliver Jeffers’ first picture book and is a beautifully illustrated sweet story all about a little boy trying desperately to catch a star to keep as his very own.

To celebrate 10 years of this lovely story, I have a collection of printable activity sheets to share with you all. I like to use ‘Marking Ladders’ to provide steps to success to support children’s learning – they can be easily found if you Google them.I also love the story ‘Katie and the Starry Night’ which works beautifully with the Oliver Jeffers book and can lead to art activities based on the Van Gough painting.

My boys have been enjoying the book and doing the activity sheets which has given them more opportunity to talk about the story.Can you spot the four differences between these two pictures from Oliver Jeffer’s How to Catch a Star? How to Catch a Star Maze Printable I gave Mr R some pens to draw on and decorate the silver stars, as foil is a different texture which he hasn’t used for mark making before. Jeffers uses words sparingly but when he does they’re the right ones - with classic lines like “He thought he could fly up in his spaceship and just grab the star. But his spaceship had run out of petrol last Tuesday when he flew to the moon”– such sparkles of humour make it a great read for adults too.