It was a perfect week to get out into the woods and go on spider and web hunts! The weather was cool but sunny and the woods behind our house is in the perfect season for easily walking around with little kids. The weeds have all died down and there are enough leaves off of the trees that it makes forest wandering easy and safe. We followed deer trails to look for spiders and webs but also just played too. The boys love swinging sticks like swords and climbing over and balancing on fallen tree limbs. Oh, it was just incredible and reminded me so much of growing up near the woods and playing all day wild, and risky, and free with my sisters.
We did a little side study this week about insects (I knew Rusty didn't know that vocab word yet) and then had my mind blown when I realized spiders are not actually insects! I mean I'm sure I learned that somewhere along the way of my education, but I forgot it - especially as any creepy crawly is referred to as a "buggie" with little kids in the house. So, I even learned (or re-learned) something this week which included the three classifications it takes to be considered an insect: six legs, three body parts (head, abdomen, and thorax), and having antennae. And what about caterpillars you say - well, I watched this awesome Mystery Doug video a few months ago and again - mind freaking blown. Okay, bugs are cool as heck.
Unit: Spooky
Lesson: Spiders
Books we read:
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
Memory Verse:
The Itsy Bitsy spider
went up the water spout
down came the rain and
washed the spider out
out came the sun and
dried up all the rain
and the Itsy Bitsy spider
went up the spout again
(with hand motions)
Watched on Youtube:
Mini Beast Adventures: Spiders for Kids
Language Arts:
Focus on the letter S
New vocabulary word: Insect
Highlighting the letter S in the mini book: Insects
Math:
Count the spiders (dice game)
Color by number worksheet
Spider puzzle (numbers 1-10)
Speech:
Initial /F/ sound with thumbprint 'spider' on webs
Science:
Learning about what classifies something as an insect
classifying animals as Insects or Not Insects
Art:
Spider paper plate puppet
Drawing insects from real insect models found near/in the house (stinkbugs, lady bugs, honeybees, etc)
Physical Play:
Spider web hunt (walks in the woods)
Lifting rocks & logs on a spider searches
Snack assembling:
mini donut spider with 8 pretzel legs
Field Trip!
Sleepover at Abba & Chum's with Violet with two bike rides!
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