| Insects WoodlandsMommy.com – Toddler Lesson Plan | ||||||||
| Shopping List: Egg carton, drinking straws or pipe cleanes, Play Dough, Book(s) to add to your child's library: Bugs, Bugs, Bugs by Bob Barner | ||||||||
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Explain to your child what an insect is. Note: An insect has 6 legs. Spiders have 8 legs. An insect has antennae. Spiders do not. Insects usually have wings. Spiders never have wings.
Visit the online Tumblebooks Library and view the storybook "Bugs, Bugs, Bugs". (Note: Follow the link above, then go to Tumblebook Library, then navigate alphabetically to the Bugs, Bugs, Bugs book.) This is a fun way for your child to see butterflies, ladybugs, ants, grasshoppers, and more. Make pretend insects and spiders out of Play Dough. Egg Carton Caterpillar Cut an egg carton in half, lengthwise. Help your child paint one of the carton halves. When dry, draw a face on the end of the carton and insert pipe cleaners or straws for feelers. Bug Hunt Go outdoors (at home or the park) and help your child find and name various types of insects and insects. Spider Let your child color this Spider Coloring Page. Count the legs. How many legs does a spider have? | Bugs (Sung to tune "Frere Jacques") Big bugs, small bugs, big bugs, small bugs, See them crawl, see them crawl. Creepy, creepy, crawling, never, never falling Bugs, bugs, bugs. Bugs, bugs, bugs. Thin bugs, fat bugs, thin bugs, fat bugs See them crawl, on the wall. Creepy, creepy, crawling, never, never falling Bugs, bugs, bugs. Bugs, bugs, bugs. Insects and Spiders (Sung to tune "The Wheels on the Bus") The bugs in the air fly up and down, up and down, up and down. The bugs in the air fly up and down all through the day. Other verses: The spiders on the bush spin a web. The crickets in the field hop up and down. The bees in their hive go buzz, buzz, buzz. Ants Once I saw an ant hill, with no ants about. So I said, "Little ants, won't you please come out?" Then as if they heard my call, one, two, three, four, five came out. And that was all! Here is a Beehive Here is the beehive, where are the bees? (clench fist and bring out fingers quickly one by one) Hidden away were nobody sees Watch and you will see them come out of their hives, One, two, three, four, five, Buzz, buzz, buzz. The Itsy Bitsy Spider The itsy, bitsy spider, climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed the spider out. Out came the sun and dried up all the rain, So the itsy, bitsy spider went up the spout again. Bees A swarm of bees in May, Is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June, Is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July, Isn't worth a fly. | Words: Insect Spider Bug | Color: White Numbers: 1 to 15 Shape: Oval | |||||
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