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Read.Explore.Learn.-Bugtown Boogie

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Welcome to Read.Explore.Learn.! This meme was designed to be a place for you to share the learning opportunities, crafts, field trips, and other activities you have done this week that tie-in to children’s books. I look forward to seeing ways you have learned with and explored books.

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My Book Tie-Ins of the Week:

Bugtown Boogie
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Bugtown Boogie by Warren Hanson is one of my new favorite books. There is filled with rhythm and rhymes. There are bugs dancing! There is a little who finds bug heading into a tree trunk to boogie.

The tree trunk is filled is bugs of all kinds. They are jumping and jiving to a band made of a humbug drumming, a termite trumpeting, a ladybug on a flute, a mosquito strumming a guitar, a grasshopper fiddling, and a cricket singing solos.

Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher’s paintings of caterpillars twisting and a dozen of bugs tapping their feet are such fun. The picture of Queen Bee’s entrance gives you a full picture of the band and all the bugs along with the queen.

Everyone waits until she shouts, “Boogie Down!” Then everyone starts dancing until sunrise.

After the bugs head home so, does the boy with a hop in his step.

The book is such fun to read. I love how the words dance off my lips.

Bugtown Boogie Activities

Weaving with Pipe Cleaners and a Cooling Rack
Kids Fun- Fine Motor Weaving
JDaniel had fun weaving with pipe cleaners through this cookie cooling rack like a spider weaves a web.
Bugtown Boogie - Weaving Activity
 I had modeled some for him that went straight across. He wove some straight across and then he started weaving them diagonally.
This activity was inspired by a lacing card activity I saw on Quirky Momma Kids Activity Blog and a weaving activity from To the Lesson.
Counting Bugs on a Cooling Rack
We used these clip art bugs on clothes pins to count by ones and by threes.  We also used them like an abacus to count by sliding them back and forth. We tipped for the clips as we counted.
Bugtown Boogie- Counting Bugs
 They were fun to stand up on the ends of the clothespins too.

 If you like these Bugtown Boogie activities, you will just love these fine motor activities:

This post is linked to Feed Me Books Friday, Link and Learn and We Play.

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Comments

  6. I have never thought of using the cookie cooling rack for such activities. Thanks for sharing these ideas. Love them!

  7. You are so creative with your kids. Love the sliding bug and the use of the cooling rack.

  11. Bugtown Boogie has been one of my oldest son’s favorite books from the time he was 4 until now (he’s 6). We always sing the “chorus.” I have given this book as a gift several times, too. I’m so glad to see you sharing it. It truly is one of THE best children’s books!!

  16. I love the bug clip idea!

    I had forgotten all about your link up until I popped by today. We’ve been doing activities to go with our reading for a few months now, so I will be linking them up from now on!

  17. I love the clothespin bugs! I haven’t seen that book before but it looks like something we’d love. I’ll have to check it out.

  22. This book looks so darling. I can’t wait to check it out for my little ones. What clever ways to use a cooling rack. I would love for you to link this great post to my “All Things Wonderful Link Party” if you get a chance. Off to link up to your fun party.
    Take care,
    Shauna
    myshaenoel.blogspot.com

  26. Every so often you see something online that makes you go “Seriously? Am I so stupid that I couldn’t think of that myself????” This is one of those posts: cooling racks are literally under my nose every day and yet it has never occurred to me to use them for play. D’oh!! Thanks for a brilliant tip

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