We can't do a whole lot at his age, but here's what we did:
1. READ--
a. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
b. Little Cricket's Song
c. Miss Spider's Tea Party
d. The Very Busy Spider
e. The Grouchy Ladybug--he loved Mom's grouchy ladybug voice, lol.
2. DISCUSSED--I'm not entirely sure how much he comprehended, but we did talk about the types of bugs, what they eat, stuff like that. Throughout the book we also counted, discussed shapes and colors, pointed out things, talked about letter sounds, etc.
3. OBSERVED--We went outside and found bugs and spiders. We have a nice big spider and elaborate web on the corner of our porch, and we also found a ladybug. We listened to the crickets one evening and talked about the sound they made. We saw a butterfly, but unfortunately didn't come across any caterpillars this time of year, lol.
4. PLAYED--my sister and nephew used to collect Beanie Babies. We also have a few other toys that come in bug form, lol. I gathered up some of our insect and spider toys and we played with them, and again, discussed what they did. We made the stuffed butterfly fly through the air and land on a stuffed flower. We counted the spots on a stuffed ladybug and made it crawl after one of our dogs. Hehe, we even made a stuffed spider EAT some Cheerios, er, I mean, flies!
5. MUSIC--We sang Itsy Bitsy Spider, over and over and over. We also watched some YouTube videos, mostly animated versions of the Itsy Bitsy Spider set to fun music, but also a few photo collages of various insects. We also sang The Ants Go Marching.Statistics: Posted by TheresaHPIR — Mon Aug 09, 2010 3:07 am
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