Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Activity Instructions:

Pass out Cage Bells to children. Allow them to explore shaking them and tapping them on the ground. Then begin song.

Lyrics:

Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are,
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.

When the blazing sun is gone,
When he nothing shines upon,
Then you show your little light
Twinkle, twinkle, all the night
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are.

Then the trav’ller in the dark
Thanks you for your tiny spark
He could not see where to go,
If you did not twinkle so
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
Thank you for your tiny spark.

In the dark blue sky you keep
Often through my curtains peep
For you never shut your eyes
Till the sun is in the sky
Twinkle Twinkle little star,
Thank you for your tiny spark.

Historical information:

“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” is a popular English lullaby. The lyrics are adapted from an early 19th-century English poem by Jane Taylor, “The Star”. The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann. [ Source:Wikipedia]