You Are Stardust
An Exploration and Celebration of our Beautiful Planet Earth
An Exploration and Celebration of our Beautiful Planet Earth
Connect with the earth through art, science, and literature
Welcome to a celebration of the earth and YOU!
We are glad you found your way here! This website will guide you through 5 learning activities and crafts for kindergarten through second grade students and their families that explore Earth and the natural world through the lens of Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim's book You Are Stardust.
Click the video to the left to meet your guides on this journey, Rachel Nunn and Tricia Rushing
About the book:
These activities are fun to do on their own, but are better with the book You Are Stardust, by Elin Kelsey and Soyeon Kim!
Click here to watch as the author reads the book to you: Elin Kelsey reads You Are Stardust
This website is designed to guide you through 5 activities to engage with nature and the book:
Try one each day!
Activity 1: Story generation/performance embodiment: Express your feelings about nature through performance
Activity 2: Dichotomous key activity: identify trees just like a real scientist
Activity 3: Ephemeral art: make a work of art from found items in nature
Activity 4: Nature scavenger hunt: find hidden treasures in nature using all 5 senses
Activity 5: Diorama creation (based on instructions provided by the You Are Stardust illustrator, Soyeon Kim)