We introduced the theme with naming bugs, be gentle with bugs, bug catcher and what we use it for, pictures and print
Art
Some art has been re-vised
Monday- Caterpillar- glued pom-poms on craft stick
Tuesday- Beehive- glued cheerios on paper hive
Wednesday- Bird nest- glued paper materials to large paper
Thursday- Canvas painting with Loofah
Friday-Worm- cork stamping on paper
Math
Counting caterpillar colors on by one and put color pieces together to make a caterpillar/butterfly, beehive counting by placing colored chips on spots on each beehive spot, firefly colored bug jars and colored bugs to match same color to jars, lady bug jars with spots for counting, and how many spots does a lady bug have?
Motor Development
Stringing rigatoni with pipe cleaners for sturdy grip and practice, yellow play dough with yellow straws for poking in play dough, tongs with firefly bugs and paper jars, frogs on a log to practice balancing the frogs and inter stars for pushing and connecting together with fingers/hands.
Sensory Table
Rice, various bugs and plastic scooping cups
Insect Movement cube
How many spots does a lady bug have?
What is your favorite bug
Dancing worms experiment
Milk a cow experiment
Various insect songs all week