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| Art: Ants Use 3 sections of a cardboard egg carton to form the body of an ant. Have the children paint the body. Use pipe cleaners on the first section to create antennae and on the back two sections to create six legs. Draw eyes on the front section. They are very cute. Bug Fingers Supplies: Old Gloves Pipe Cleaners Scissors Hot Glue or Tacky Glue Misc. Craft Supplies Cut the fingers off the gloves, they will be the bugs' body. Glue on pipe cleaners for legs, wiggly eyes, pompom for noses, and feathers on back.(Or decorate as desired). Makes cute finger puppets. Fringed Flowers Supplies: Construction Paper Straws Scissors Glue Stapler or Tape Cut out 3 paper circles (same or different colors). Child cuts a 'fringe' around each circle. Put circles together, largest on bottom, smallest on top. Add a yellow smaller infringed circle or yellow dot sticker to the middle. Staple all together onto a drinking straw as stem. Decorate a 'vase' made out of a whole and a half paper plate stapled together around the edge. Put the flowers in the vase (a bit of play dough in the bottom of the vase will make them stay there) LADYBUG FAMILY Materials: piece of wood , tiny black pompoms , seashell macaroni (uncooked), tacky glue , orange/red/black poster paint , paint brush Paint the top of several macaroni pieces with the orange/red paint and let dry. Add black painted dots for ladybug spots. Let dry. Glue pompoms on for heads. Position ladybugs on the wood and glue on. Pencil Toppers Spider : Materials: Black or other colors of pipe cleaners, 1 1/4” black pompom, 3/4” googly eyes, hot melt glue, and a pencil. What to do: Cut four pipe cleaners in half. Fold the halves in half to find the middle. Wrap all pipe cleaners around each other in the centers to form the leg.. Glue the pompom onto the center of the legs. Bend the end of each leg up so that the wire isn’t sticking out. Bend the legs to look like spider legs. Glue on googly eyes. Glue on another color pipe cleaner onto the bottom of the spider in the middle. Put some glue on the top of the pencil and stick the spider to the top of the pencil. Wrap the pipe cleaner around the pencil starting at the eraser end of the pencil. Glue the end of the pipe cleaner to the pencil. Ladybug : What you will need: 1 1/2” Red pompom, 3/4” black pompom, tiny googly eyes, black heavy gage florist wire, black pipe cleaner, hot melt glue, needle nose pliers, and a pencil. Directions: Separate the fur on the red pompom as much as possible making a hole in the pompom. Put some glue on the end of the pencil and stick it in the hole. Press the fur of the pompom around the pencil and glue. Glue the black pompom on the side (or top) of the red pompom. Glue on googly eyes. Cut a small piece of wire and bend down the ends with some needle nose pliers to make the antennae. Make two holes in the black pompom. Place a drop of glue on the end of each antenna and press them into the holes. Press the fur around the end of the antenna. Bee : What you will need: Yellow and black pipe cleaners, 3/4” black pompom, black heavy gage florist wire, tiny googly eyes, hot melt glue, needle nose pliers, and a pencil. What to do: Fold and black and yellow pipe cleaner in half. Wind the folded black pipe cleaner around the end of the pencil leaving spaces around each turn. Wind the yellow folded pipe cleaner around the end of the pencil in between the black pipe cleaner. Push the pipe cleaners up toward the end of the pencil. Glue the down so they stay in place Glue the black pompom on top for the head. Make antennae the same way you do for the ladybug above. Glue on googly eyes. Cut two pieces of yellow pipe cleaners for the wings. Bend them into a wing shape and glue them onto the bee’s side. Drama Games: Language: Creepy crawly spiders, Crawling up your back, Crawling on your head, They want to have a snack. A little nibble here and A little nibble there, Creepy crawly spiders Nibbling everywhere. Creepy Crawly Caterpillar A creepy crawly caterpillar that I see(shade eyes) Makes a chrystalis in the big oak tree. (make body into a ball) He stays there, and I know why (slowly stand up) Because soon he will be a butterfly (flap arms) Math: Music: Baby Bumble Bee I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee Won't my mama be so proud of me I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee Yuck!! That bumble bee got honey all over me! I'm tasting the honey from the baby bumble bee Won't my mama be so proud of me I'm tasting the honey from the baby bumble bee Yuck!! It's all over me!! I'm wiping off the honey from the baby bumble bee Won't my mama be so proud of me I'm wiping off the honey from the baby bumble bee Uh Oh!!! Here comes mommy!! Other well-known songs: The Ants Go Marching Eensy Weensy Spider Recipes: Snack Ideas Ants on a Log You'll need: cream cheese, celery sticks, raisins, blunt knife What to do: If possible print out these directions. Read them through with your child before you begin. With your child, gather everything you'll need. Spread cream cheese into the groove of the celery stick. Encourage her to place raisins on top for the ants. Edible Spiders Materials: round crackers, peanut butter, chocolate chips, mini-pretzel sticks, knife, bowl Directions: Take 1 round cracker and spread peanut butter on it. Put 8 pretzel sticks on top of the peanut butter for the 8 legs of the spider. Then, put the other cracker on top so that it makes a sandwich. Using peanut butter as glue, stick two chocolate chips on top of the crackers. These are the spider's eyes. Eat your spider! Recipes: Craft Ideas Science Make Your Own Ant Farm Take a large peanut butter jar (empty and cleaned) and place a baby food jar upside down inside it. Fill the peanut butter jar with sand. Make some holes in the top of the jar with a nail or screw. Add a little honey or jelly every few days, along with a little water. Now gather up some ants from outdoors. After you've closed the lid, be sure to stop up the holes with cotton so the ants don't get out. Now, remember to keep a cloth over the jar whenever you're not observing it. This way the ants will make really cool tunnels right near the sides, instead of hidden deep to avoid the light. Insect Investigations Questions of where bugs come from, where they live, and what they eat are great starting points for experimentation. A group interested in insects may like to study the life cycle of the fruit fly. Fruit flies are among the easiest to collect and observe. Children can place cut pieces of ripe fruit in two open glass jars. They can place one jar outside, and the other in the science center. Ask children to predict and observe which jar will attract the most flies. Soon, tiny flies will be attracted to the fruit inside the jars. Once they have appeared, you can cover the jars with cheesecloth. Watch closely. The eggs left by the flies will mature and hatch into new young flies and then grow into mature flies, thus completing their life cycle. A Lively Set Up What materials do you need in order to add investigations of living things in your center? First you will need tools for observation and comparison such as: a pan-balance scale and other standard and nonstandard measuring devices; magnifiers (hand-held and free-standing); and small dental mirrors (found in drug stores) for examining under and around small plants and animals. You will also need containers such as clear plastic cups and containers with lids for collecting insects, seeds, and plants; cheesecloth and rubber bands for covering some containers; clear plastic boxes or terrariums; ziplock plastic bags for collecting on walks; and muffin tins or egg cartons for sorting and classifying seeds and plants. You may even consider purchasing (or borrowing) a commercial ant farm or butterfly house, or an incubator for hatching eggs. Don't forget to include art materials and notebooks for children to create field recordings of their observations Sensory |
Prop Box Ideas Include the following collections of objects and materials for children to create, discover, and use for imaginary play. Store collections in boxes or baskets to be accessible at any time (indoors or outdoors) for children to enhance their dramatic play. Have you Tried... as a special treat make worms in dirt -chocolate pudding in a cup sprinkled with oreo cookie crumbs, and a gummy worm added add mud and earthworms toe th sensory table, discuss how worms are beneficial to the garden c. 2007 -2008 |
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