|
Bugs
Click here to
include your favorite bug activity in this theme!
*Insects
*Fingerplays/Songs
The Insect Song
(tune: 3 Blind Mice)
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Bumblebees buzz.
Buzz over here.
Buzz over there.
They buzz up high and they buzz down low.
Around and around and around they go.
They buzz-buzz fast, and they buzz-buzz slow.
Oh, bumblebees buzz!
Repeat the song, replacing the insect name and its corresponding
action word with each of these word pairs in turn: grasshoppers/hop,
butterflies/flutter, little ants/run, ladybugs/fly, crickets/jump.
Insect Parts 1
(tune: Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes)
Head, thorax abdomen, six legs
Head, thorax abdomen, six legs
And eyes and ears and antennae
Head, thorax abdomen, six legs
Point to the appropriate parts on your body for each of the insect
parts. Put up index fingers and waggle them for antenna, and put
three fingers out on each side for 6 legs!!
*Art
My Insect Book
My Insect booklet--complete, repetitive sentences on the bottom of each half-page. Have children draw on each page only what is specified.
1st page: An insect has 3 body parts.
2nd page: An insect has 3 body parts. An insect has 6 legs.
3rd page: An insect has 3 body parts, 6 legs, 2 antennae.
4th page: An insect has 3 body parts, 6 legs, 2 antennae. Some
insects have wings.
5th page: An insect has 3 body parts, 6 legs, 2 antennae. Some
insects have wings. This is my insect.
myinsect.pdf
The best way to download and save a file.
On the link above: Microsoft Internet Explorer users right
click and click "save target as." Netscape users right click and click "save link as." Please download Adobe Acrobat Reader if you do not already have it on
your computer. Download the latest version of Acrobat Reader
*Learning Centers
Bug Dig
Place potting soil in the sensory table and add plastic insects for
the children to have fun digging up and matching the ones that are
the same.
*Group Time
Insect Body Parts
Three children form insect body parts by lining up single file and
putting hands on shoulders of child in front of them. Instant 3 body
parts and 6 legs! Have the first child in each group use index
fingers as antennae. Have the children sing the following song "Bugs."
Bugs
(tune: For he's a jolly good fellow)
My head is starting to wiggle;
My head is starting to wiggle;
Around and around and around.
(Repeat, substituting thorax and abdomen.)
Last verse:
My six legs are starting to wiggle;
My six legs are starting to wiggle;
My six legs are starting to wiggle
around and around and around.
Then the children change places and get to be a different body part.
*Bees
*Fingerplays/Songs
Six Buzzing Bumblebees
Six buzzing bumblebees
Flying around the hive,
One buzzes off
And that leaves five.
Five buzzing bumblebees
Flying near my door,
One buzzes off
And that leaves four.
Four buzzing bumblebees
Flying around a tree,
One buzzes off
And that leaves three.
Three buzzing bumblebees
In the sky so blue,
One buzzes off
And that leaves two.
Two buzzing bumblebees
Flying by the sun,
One buzzes off
And that leaves one.
One buzzing bumblebee
Looking for some fun,
It buzzes off
And that leaves none.
Here is a Beehive
Here is a beehive
(make a beehive with fists)
Where are the bees?
(pretend to look around for them)
Hiding inside
(try to see inside the beehive)
Where nobody sees!
Soon the come creeping,
(unlock fists slowly)
Out of the hive
One, two, three, four, five
(extend fingers one at a time)
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
(flutter hands all around vigorously)
*Art
Busybees
Need: yellow balloons(1 per child), yellow cellophane, black marker,
string, tape
Blow up 1 balloon for each child, have them draw face and stripes on
the balloon. Cut wings out of cellophane and tape onto the balloons.
Tie a string on and take outside. When they run in the wind the bees
fly. Very cute and lots of fun on a spring or summer day.
Contributed by: Lori Coutley
*Group Time
Secret Smell Partner (game)
Children will find their Secret Smell Partner using their noses like
bees do.
Give each child an non-see through container (such as a film
canister) containing a cotton ball with some type of smelly substance
on it (lemon juice, peppermint extract, pickle juice).
The children will need to find their smell partner by smelling each
other's container until they find the other child who has the same
scent as their own.
*Math/Science
Pollen
To demonstrate how bees help flowers to grow, sprinkle baby powder on
the ground outside. Ask the children to walk through it. The baby
powder will inevitably stick to their feet and get transferred
around. Explain that this is what happens to bees, their feet and
legs pick up the pollen and take it to other flowers.
*Stories to Read-Online
Buzzy
Bee and Friends
A short illustrated story by Carol Moore.
Buzzy
Bee Coloring Pages
<Prev Page | Next Page>
|
Search
Printer
friendly version
