Activities
1. Read the Very Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. Give each child a frame
that reads at ___________ o'clock the very grouchy ladybug _____________.
Share them and put them into a class book.
2. After learning about ladybugs, make a ladybug snack. For each student you
will need one half of an English muffin, cream cheese that has been dyed red
with food coloring and raisins. Spread the colored cream cheese onto the
muffin half, add black raisin dots and eat the delicious lady bug.
3. Imagine what life might be like living life as small as an ant. Write a
shared class story about what school would be like if they all became so tiny!
4. After writing your ant story eat some Ants on a log. You will need one
celery stalk or pretzel rod, peanut butter and raisins for each student. Spread
the peanut butter on your celery or pretzel, add your raisin ants and eat! Your
class will never have thought ants could taste so good!
5. If you teach near a park, take your class to watch black ants and their
activity. Record it on a data sheet. If you bring some jelly and peanutbutter
put some on the ground. Guess which one the ants will like. Check to see if
your guess was right.
6. I really think it is a neat idea to have an ant farm at a bug center students
can record and share what they see.
7. Discuss the importance of bees. Make a class K,W,L chart all about bees
and the jobs they do!
8. Have a honey sampling. (I find many different varieties pretty
inexpensively at Marshalls and TJ MAXX) Make refridge biscuits for each
child. Try different types of honey on top and have the kids use bee shaped
papers to graph their favorite. Some we have tried include Lime ginger, sage
honey, tangerine, Orange honey with grapefruit, Clover honey. It is neat to
serve it with iced tea sweetened with what else? HONEY!
9. If you have access to a portion of a bee hive, leave it at a center with
magnifying glasses, etc. Let the students draw what they see.
10. After reading There was an old lady. Have the kids trace a large woman
shape and the things she ate. I make the dog bigger then the cat, etc., etc.
Then we glue them in the tummy. Or you can leave them unglued, attach
them with a paper clip to the lady and have the children retell the story.
11. After reading Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ear, we make a huge
class timeline of the story. We paint water color pictures of each character and
glue them in the correct order.
12. Another nice thing to have at your center along is a clear container with
rocks on the bottom, with sand and moist soil. Put an earth worm inside.
Allow each student to predict what the worm will do. Then cover the jar with
black paper for one week. Then remove the paper and record your findings.
13. Have each student choose an insect to learn more about, use the sites I
have listed (they have links to many more sites!) and books to learn 3 facts
about their bugs. Also make a paper mache model of your bug!
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