Bugs

Questions:

What do caterpillars turn into?

What do spiders weave?

What bug lights up?

Read Alouds:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle

The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle

Flannel Boards:

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Bugs in the Rug

Bug in the rug, bug in the rug,

Who is that bug in the rug?

[caterpillar, butterfly, ant, ladybug, bee, spider]

Bug Guessing Game

What king of bug is yellow and black,

Lives in a hive,

And has wings on its back?

(honeybee)

What kind of bug is red and shiny,

With round black spots that are very tiny?

(ladybug)

What kind of bug lives in the ground,

Builds dirt hills,

And has friends all around?

(ant)

What kind of bug noisily sings,

By rubbing together two of its wings?

(cricket)

What kind of bug has wings that are bright,

And help it take a very long flight?

(butterfly)

Songs:

“There Ain’t No Bugs on Me” by Robbie Schaefer

I’m Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee,

Won't my mommy be so proud of me?

I'm bringing home a baby bumblebee,

Ouch! It stung me!

I'm squishing up the baby bumblebee,

Won't my mommy be so proud of me?

I'm squishing up a baby bumblebee,

Ooh! It's yucky!

I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,

Won't my mommy be so proud of me?

I'm wiping off the baby bumblebee,

Now my mommy won't be mad at me!

Action Songs:

“Flitter Flutter” by Johnette Downing

“Jingle Bell Bees” by Hap Palmer

Fingerplays:

I Saw a Butterfly

I saw a butterfly,

                [shade eyes]

I saw a bee,

                [shade eyes]

I saw a grasshopper,

                [shade eyes]

And they saw me.

                [point to self]

I flew like a butterfly,

                [fly with arms]

I buzzed like a bee.

                [make buzzing sound]

I hopped like a grasshopper,

[hop]

And I laughed like me!

                [laugh]

Sleepy Caterpillars

“Let’s go to sleep,” the caterpillars said,

[bend fingers into palm]

As they tucked themselves into their bed.

[cover fist with other palm]

They will awaken by and by,

[slowly unfold fingers]

And each one will be a lovely butterfly!

[interlock thumbs and fly with hands]

Oh My! Butterfly!

Oh me, oh my!

Get off of my _______.

[using your hands as butterfly wings, land on parts of the body]

You butterfly!

Oh me, oh my!

It’s time to get going,

You butterfly!

Get going... bye, bye.

[have wings turn into a wave goodbye]

Firefly

Firefly, firefly, light your light.

Firefly, firefly, fly through the night.

                [pretend to fly high]

Firefly, firefly, fly down low.

                [pretend to fly low]

Firefly, firefly, off you go!

                [shoo with hand]

Grasshopper Hop

We’re doing the grasshopper hop!

We’re jumping like we’re never going stop.

                [jump]

We crouch down low and spring up high

                [crouch down]

And jump, jump, jump!

                [jump up]

Craft:

Lightning Bugs w/ Glow-in-the-Dark Band Aids