They have make the grass hopper "hop" by shaking the parachute and continue shaking until the grasshopper "hops" out! Place stuffed animal type insects in the middle of the parachute to shake off! Vanessa's group places a stuffed grasshopper in. Have the children paint using bugs instead of brushes! The yogurt sized lids should fit in your easel tray.īugs and Insects Theme Large Group Games that help build their muscles while they have fun together Materials needed: small, plastic bugs and insects yogurt lids or other small, plastic lids Return to Top Bugs and Insects Theme Ideas for your Easel-More Than Just Painting (Although that is always THE favorite in our classroom!)īug Painting This idea was submitted by Katrina in BC, Canada Purchase or make different types of bug wings, and bug legs (use extra fabric to sew together and stuff for the kids to wear and have 6 legs like an insect!). Materials: Picnic basket, tablecloth or small blanket to have the picnic on play food and plates and, of course, plastic bugs to interrupt the picnic with! Return to Top Bugs and Insects Theme Ideas to Transform Your Dramatic Play Area The children spread the bread and add raisin "ants" to their pants! It also allows for some great conversation!Īsk many questions while cooking with your children to encourage conversation! Be sure to ask specific Space theme questions while making these fun snacks!īread (cut into pants shapes) spread (or cheese) and raisins Return to Top Themed Snack Recipe Ideas to Cook Up!Ĭooking with children helps develop their math skills and helps them to learn how to follow directions. Show the pictures and talk about them as a group! Be sure to include lots and lots of non-fiction books. Many are listed below under the Library section on this page. There are so many choices of books and finger plays for this theme. What do they use these for (touching and detecting odors!) Have them find these items on their insects:Īll insects have 3 body parts: the head, the thorax (middle) and the abdomen.Īll insects have antennae. Then pass out some plastic insects (one for each child). Materials Needed: Show the children some pictures of insects. Return to Top Bugs and Insects Theme Circle Time IdeasĬircle Time is such a great time for children to learn the social skills of being together as a large group AND to learn more about your Space Theme! Return to Top Bugs and Insects Theme Block Center IdeasĪdd small stuffed bugs or bug puppets to your block area for the children to make homes for! Open to reveal a mirrored image of their spider! When dry add googly eyes.ĮXTENSION: After they have made one hand print, give them more paper to fingerprint away! The children make one hand print on the left side of the paper. Materials Needed: Finger paint paper, finger paint, google eyes Let the children create their own pet bug rock! Materials: rocks and stones of various sizes, glue, markers or paint, googly eyes and other miscellaneous arts and crafts supplies If you do choose to purchase yours through Amazon, they do send me a few cents-which supports my coffee habit! ) (I LOVE Amazon, and some of the links below will take you to the Amazon website. It comes with a coupon to order 15-20 Ladybug Larvae! This was awesome as we got to watch the entire life cycle unfold in our classroom! They are not dead! Where can I find Ladybugs? Moral of the story.let them warm up and wake up. She could tell because of all the ladybugs outside today!Īpparently, the ladybugs were in a cold, somewhat "hibernative" sleep from the way they are shipped! Two hours later, when the children were leaving, one of the parents commented on how Spring is definitely here. We did so, had a moment of silence for the ladybugs and when back into our classroom. We talked about that and then decided we should lay them to rest outside in the front garden/lawn area. Sadly, we found that half the ladybugs were, um, well, they didn't make the trip. When we opened the bag, low and behold, lots of ladybugs started crawling out of the bag.so cool. One year, we decided it would be so cool to order ladybugs for the classroom! We would have them in our ladybug home, the children could observe them, journal about them, tell stories about them, etc.
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