Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Puddle Stompers: Spiders, Oh My!


Openers: One, Two, We Clap for You!

Prop: Large spider/puppet/spout
Sensory Play: Sensory Bin w/ spiders
Finger Play:  Five Little Spiders (w/rings)

Books:
The Very Busy Spider (Carle)
The Itsy Bitsy Spider (Trapani)

Song/Activity: 
There's a Spider on the Floor (w/ rings tied to string)

Game (outside, if possible): 
Web Game


Nature Walk:
Magnifying glass
Find out how many body parts
Find spider webs


Science Table:
Contact paper web

Craft:
paper plate spider/crepe paper

Coloring Page:
http://www.coloring.ws/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.coloring.ws/animals/spider5.gif

Take Home:
Roll a Dice Spider Worksheet
http://www.makinglearningfun.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.makinglearningfun.com/Activities/Spiders/RollaSpider.gif
Spider Coloring Page
http://www.coloring.ws/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.coloring.ws/animals/spider13.gif

Other Books:


The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Little Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly
Be Nice to Spiders by Margaret Graham
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White
Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott
Spider, Spider by Kate Banks
Spiders by Gail Gibbons
How Spider Saved Halloween by Robert Kraus
Anansi and the Moss-Covered Rock by Eric Kimmel
Miss Spider’s Tea Party