Stars

Front and back covers: Compare the stars and investigate the different stars
Dedication: There is a short dedication to Carle’s father with birth and death dates.
Title page: The same child as on the front cover beginning to draw a star. It is a nice flow from front cover to first opening, where the child continues drawing the star and starts to grow as well.
Post-script: A letter to the reader about the origins of the story – nice to share and learn the nonsense poem as they draw the star.

Art and creativity literacy: Setting up a cumulative effect in the classroom with one child telling the next child what to draw.
Using rhyming instructions to learn how to draw an 8 pointed star and developing fine motor skills and coordination.
Chanting rhyme while tracing the star with a finger or drawing  the star without lifting the pencil from the paper.
Cutting out own paper stars and creating a class collage.
Visual literacy: Noticing the use of colours and techniques used in each picture and how each drawing is connected to the previous drawing and how each drawing grows from the last.
Personalising – How would you draw the world?; In which pictures would you draw yourself?; How would you feel travelling across the night sky on a star?

Looking at the work and life of Eric Carle in order to make a conscious decision about controversial aspects surrounding this book.

Language focus: Learning the use of conjunction ‘because’ ie You are a star because you can … . Building a chain story in groups. (Draw me a …. So the artist drew …) Writing a chain story.
Personal and social education: We are all different, we are all stars, I am a star.
Art education: Different ways to draw a star.