Monday, February 23, 2009

Lady Bugs and Spiders

I've decided to do a bug theme with the kids. Every week now I'm talking about a specific kind of bug! Last week we talked about Lady Bugs. The kids had found one in my house and of course were very fascinated with it. You could hear them saying "Where did it come from?" "I thought you vacumed them all up!?!" Well, despite the vacuuming, they still appear!!

This week is all about Spiders! We've been singing our old "Itsy Bitsy Spider" song and I just taught them "Little Miss Muffet!" We've been looking at pictures and books about these things. The kids have also created their own little books about them too! This is actually an easy way to keep their interest....all about bugs!! I had a whole different learning plan for them. But, when the lady bug appeared, I realized this would be more fun for them to learn about. So, the next few weeks will be about bugs! We'll be answering their questions and I'm sure they'll be on the lookout for them everywhere they go!

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