The Very Busy Spider
After learning about sooooo many insects, it was fun to compare / contrast them to another critter...one that we sometimes mistake for an insect!
We used Eric Carle's story of The Very Busy Spider as a springboard to this week of activities about creepy, crawling spiders. We learned all sorts of fun facts about these arachnids: their special body parts, their eating habits, their life cycle and so much more.
It was fun to put this week's lapbook together.
And it looked great when it was finished!
We added some extra fun this week creating our own spiders and some cool webs for them to "live in".
Creating this painted web was a great exercise in following directions and creating lines.
Then we added a cut paper spider of our own creation.
It looked great when complete.
But even better when we wrote a sentence about it.
These munchkins are such great writers!
We also had a blast making these funny spider hats. The munchkins had to pose with their "fangs" out!
It wasn't all just art and crafts, though.
The munchkins did some great reading with a pocket chart. It focused on working with the word family "all".
We also put together a little emergent reader based on Eric Carle's story. It focused on sight words and reading fluency.
The munchkins also enjoyed this fun activity, in which they added their own "self-portrait" onto a spider body! Too funny!
They added a speech bubble to finish off this cute activity.
And we had some of our usual Wednesday fun creating a yummy spider. We did our best to make him accurate, right down to his eight legs and his eight eyes!
What a fun way to get to know these sometimes-less-than-cuddly-creatures!
Until next time...
Giggles,
Mrs. D.
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