Charting Name Stars

Before using a grid to chart her name with stars, we decided to have O write out her name and cover the letters in star stickers.

She coordinated her stickers so each letter had it's own colour!

Then taking a page from E is for Explore http://eisforexplore.blogspot.ca/2012/12/my-name-in-stars.html, we charted her name with a grid of squares.
Graph paper would have really come in handy!
I got working on the hand-drawn grid while she did the above activity!

This was a great intro into using simple grids, with the additional lesson in letter and number recognition.
The alphabet ran horizontally and numbers vertically.
O had to find both and locate where they meet, before mapping out the star.
After she completed her name, she asked to get working on all of our names!
Note to self: buy some graph paper and more stickers!

EXPAND ON CONSTELLATIONS:
Asterisms.http://mamadrool.blogspot.ca/search?q=constellations I found this project ages ago and was excited to gift it to a 4 year old we know who loves his planets. Sadly, it did not work as well as planned (the flashlight plus tiny holes do not reflect a strong pattern on the wall), but it's a fun look at the night's sky and can lead into other projects surrounding Asterisms (stories about stars, drawing activities etc.)
Another version here http://blog.austinkids.org/2009/02/17/exploring-our-universe/