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Lot's of Bugs

8/20/2014

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Bug Sensory Activity

Frozen Bugs:  Freeze plastic bugs in ice cubes and place them in the discovery table.  Fill the discovery table with water for some water fun.

Concept Activities

Bug Sort:  Provide the children with a bunch of bug counters.  They can be purchased from school supply stores and used for sorting, patterning, and counting.


Bug Jar Collection

Supplies:  Copies of an empty jar picture. Many bug stickers!

Directions:  Have the kids put bug stickers in the jar for their own bug collection...we will talk about each kind of bug and special facts we know about it.  You may also wish to turn this into a counting book activity: Make many copies of the jar and number the pages 1-10 or 20 and have kids put that many bugs in the jar on each page.

Math & Science

Bug Matching, Patterning, and Sorting

Using stickers, a bulletin board set (Carson-Dellosa) or clip art, create some bug matching cards.  Laminate them for protection.

Directions:  Play concentration and then make patterns like ladybug, fly, grasshopper,- ladybug, fly, _____? Have kids pick what comes next.  Sort the bugs next.  Sort them by kind, color, and features like flying bugs and crawling bugs, let kids think of other ways to sort them.

Homemade Ant Farm

Use a clear plastic shoe box. Heat a nail and press it against the box lid to make air house. Make several holes. Find an area that has lots of ants and scoop them up along with dirt or sand. Transfer them to box. Stuff cotton into the air holes and securely tape on the lid. Then cover the box with a dark cloth. Once a week, use an eyedropper to place a small about of jelly or honey mixed with water through one of the air holes. Remember to replace the cloth whenever you are not observing the ants.

Bee Science Fun

Roll a cotton ball (pretend it's a bee) on a flower (a daisy works really well) see the pollen that collects. Bees collect pollen when they land on a flower and carry it back to their hive in their pollen baskets. Pollen is mixed with honey and fed to the baby bees (it's called bee bread).

Bee Hive Song

This is my bee hive (put hands together)
(loud) but where are the bees?
Hidden inside where nobody sees
One, two, three, four, five, (raising up fingers)
There they go, off to the trees (point)


More about bugs:

Visiting the Bug Petting Zoo by Surviving a Teachers Salary
Play Dough Bug Sculptures by No Time for Flash Cards
Beautiful Bottle-cap Bugs by The Fantastic Five
The Eensy Weensy Spider by Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
Ladybug Girl & Bumblebee Boy by Mama Jenn
Ladybug Dice Game by Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers
Lady Bugs by Kidz Kraftz
Creating ladybugs in preschool by Teach Preschool
Amazingly Simple Bug Crafts by Surviving a Teachers Salary
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Snail Snack

4/19/2014

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cut hot dogs in half. Roll each half in a raw crescent roll (the canned refrigerator kind) with the round part of the hot dog sticking out. Bake for about 12 minutes. Add pretzel sticks or uncooked spaghetti noodles with raisins on top for antennae.
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Hand Print Caterpillar

4/19/2014

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This one required a little more patience and coordination than some of our other hand print artwork. Though, we think you'll agree that it is pretty adorable. We used 3 hand prints (sans the thumb) and a red circle. Once the paint dried, we drew on the eyes, nose and antennae. 
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Simple Circle Lady Bug

4/19/2014

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Measure out two circle shapes, one red and one black. Cut the red circle in half, and use a hole punch to put holes in both sides. Glue the red pieces to the black circle so that the black circle shows through the punched holes. Finally, glue on wiggly eyes and allow to dry.
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GROUCHY LADYBUG Lesson Plan

4/19/2014

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Read "the grouchy ladybug" by Eric Carle

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Become a grouchy ladybug

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This was quick and easy one to make. We took a photo with a "grouchy" face, and created a lady bug body. The kids had a great time checking out each others "grouchy" faces, and we all got a good laugh seeing them compiled. 
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THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR Lesson Plan

4/19/2014

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Read "the very hungry caterpillar" by eric carle

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make your own caterpillar

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Supplies Needed; 1/2 Egg Carton, red and green paint, wiggly eyes, purple pipe cleaner, glue and a black marker.


Directions;
Paint 5 of the egg carton cups green and the final one red. Allow to dry. Cut a 4-6" section of purple pipe cleaner and puncture it through the top of the red cup, to create antennae. Glue on your wiggly eyes, and use your black pen to draw on the caterpillar's nose. 
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Ladybugs in Grass

4/8/2014

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Supplies:

  • Construction paper: green and white
  • Glue
  • Scissors
  • Paint: red and yellow
  • Black or gray marker
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Directions: Trace hands onto construction paper and cut out (need 4 hands). Glue hands palm down near the bottom of the white paper. Dip finger into red paint and press onto grass area. Create a sun with yellow paint. Once the paint has dried add legs and dots to ladybugs with marker.

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Paper Plate Butterfly

4/8/2014

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Directions: Paint paper plate with fingers. Let dry. Cut paper plate in half in a wavy line. Draw a butterfly body and antennas onto the black construction paper and cut out. Put rounded sides of paper plate next to each other and glue body onto the plates. Glue antennas onto the top of the butterfly body.
Supplies:
  • Paper plate
  • Black construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Paint
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*Can assemble butterfly first and then paint as well.
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Bugs in Motion

4/8/2014

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Directions: Get children moving in buggy style!! Have children stand up and perform the actions of each bug.

Flutter like a butterfly.
Buzz like a bee.
Hop like a grasshopper.
March like an ant.
Fly like a dragonfly.
Wave like a centipede.
Roll up like a roly poly pill bug.
Flicker like a lightening bug.
Crawl like a beetle.
Chirp like cricket.

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Paper Plate Snail

10/29/2013

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