Stargazing Special Magic Hands

Hello!

Come on, everybody, take a seat.

CAT MEOWS

Whoa!

THEY ALL GASP

-BOTH:

-Hello!

-BOTH:

-Hello!

-Wiggle your fingers and cross your feet.

-Are you ready?

One, two, three - watch me!

Four, five, six...

I've got some tricks.

Seven, eight, nine...

-It's almost time.

-Ten!

-ALL:

-Magic Hands!

# Just look at the magic

# The magic hands

# Wiggly fingers

# Super-duper

# Magic hands! #

Hello! My name is Donna.

Donna! Look what my hands can do.

Oh! It's a telescope!

It seems very heavy.

And it's all brass and shiny.

When it's dark, you can use a telescope, like this...

to look at things that are very, very, very far away.

Like the stars.

And you can see the moon, too.

That reminds me of a poem.

It's called Stars and it's written by Gareth Lancaster.

Are you ready?

COMETS WHIZ

TWINKLING

Look at the stars.

Way up there!

So very far away.

High in the sky!

They shine so white.

And never seem to stray.

Like little dots...

or specks of paint.

Just floating up above.

I wonder what they do up there.

And what they are made of.

Are they just holes, poked out the sky...

..by giants long ago?

Or maybe they're electric lights...

..strung up to make a show.

So far up there I'd like to be...

..to take a look first-hand.

To just get close and have a peek.

That really would be grand.

Did you enjoy that?

If you go out to the countryside, you'll see lots and lots of stars.

But they're so far away, we can't touch them.

Would you like to catch a star? I know I would.

# Magic hands! #

Hello again! My name is Ashley.

Look what my hands can do.

Every night, even when you can't see the stars, you can

nearly always see the moon.

Sometimes it's big and fat and round.

Sometimes it's a thin crescent shape.

Whatever shape it is, the sign for the moon is always...

I have a perfect poem about the moon.

It's called Full Moon.

And it's written by Walter de la Mare.

Are you ready?

One night, as Dick lay fast asleep,

into his drowsy eyes

a great still light began to creep

from out the silent skies.

It was the lovely moon's,

for when he raised his dreamy head,

a surge of silver filled the pane and streamed across his bed.

So for a while, each gazed at each,

Dick and the solemn moon.

Till climbing slowly on her way

she vanished and was gone.

Did you enjoy that?

When you go to bed and your room is dark, why don't you open your

curtains and see if you can see the light from the moon,

glowing through your window.

Then you can dream about the moon as you fall asleep.

# Magic hands! #

Hello! My name's Aimee.

Aimee!

Oooh! Look at what my hands can do.

Oh! It's a star!

I have a poem for you about stars. It's a very famous one.

You may have heard it before, but this is a special version.

It's called Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.

And it's by Jane Taylor.

Are you ready? Are you ready?

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

How I wonder what you are

Up above the world so high

Like a diamond in the sky

When the blazing sun is gone

When he nothing shines upon

Then you show your little light

Twinkle, twinkle all the night.

Then the traveller in the dark

Thanks you for your tiny spark

He could not see which way to go

If you did not twinkle so

In the dark blue sky you keep

And often through my curtains, peep

For you never shut your eye

Till the sun is in the sky

As your bright and tiny spark

Lights the traveller in the dark

Though I know not what you are

Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

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

How I wonder what you are.

Did you enjoy that?

Why don't you go outside to your garden before bedtime tonight,

and look up at the stars with your mum or dad.

See if you can count how many there are.

One...

two, three...

Bye-bye!

Magic hands!

# Just look at the magic

# The magic hands

# Wiggly fingers, super-duper

# Magic hands! #