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Bug Books and Other Bug Related Activities

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We loved working with bugs this week. JDaniel has been so into trains and construction equipment. Bugs were a great diversion.
Books
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We read two bug-related books this week:

The Very Greedy Bee by Steve Smallman is about a bee that decides not to share a wonderful field of flowers he has found with his other hive mates. He eats it all himself and grows to big to fly. He needs the help of other insects to make it home. This book has a great lesson on sharing and helping others.


The Delicious Bug by Janet Perlman is also a book on sharing. The two lizards on the cover both catch the same bug. Neither one wants to let go of the plump bumble bug. They have an argument with their tongues out that takes them all around the pond they live near. The lizards have to learn to share and how to apologize to their neighbors for their rude behavior.

Language
JDaniel was asked to select a letter and put it in a construction paper hive. He preferred to put them in his dump truck.

The printout for the hive came from First School. The letter bees came from Toddler Toddler.
Math
We used an old juice bottle a bee hive to place the correct number of bugs in and later dump them out.



We made a bug out of two take-home boxes from Cracker Barrel. We went to Cracker Barrel while visiting with my mother-in-law this week.

Music
THE BUGS ARE MARCHING INTO TOWN
Tune: “When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again”
The bugs are marching into town, hooray! Hooray!
The bugs are in a great big Bug Parade.
Some are black and some are red.
Some have antennae on their heads.
Oh, we’re oh so glad the bugs could come today.
Jean Warren
The song was taken from Preschool Express.
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Comments

  1. Our favorites were The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle, as well as Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth. We still love bugs…well, they do! =)

  5. I’ve been reading your blog for a while and I really enjoy it. I love reading other Christian Mum’s blogs and of course the crafty toddler posts! I have started a new weekly post called Friday Focus. Basically I write on Fridays a brief post about something the Lord has been teaching me that week. I’ve made it a blog hop with the linky tool and am inviting other Christian bloggers to join in if they want to. I have a banner on the post which you are free to use if you wanted to. Of course ignore this if you want, just thought I’d let you know. : )

  8. Hey, putting bugs in the truck might mean you have a future exterminator on your hands… :0)

  10. That bug is cute! We love cracker barrel so I’m sure we could go have dinner there one night for the “good of the education.”

    I could use some books on sharing as well. We may have to see if the library has those ones on hand.

  11. Great site! Thanks for stopping by Motherly Law! Isn’t SITS great! We are currently reading Charlotte’s Web, and Darling 1 reports that is his favorite bug book. We also like the Giant Jam Sandwich – of course, that one is about getting of rid of wasps – but still kind of a bug book.
    I’ll be back to check out more posts!
    Thanks, Anna from Motherly Law

  13. Great recycling! Love the number of bees in the container activity! Preschool express has a lot of great songs, doesn’t it?

  16. Those look like great books… I think my almost 8 year old baby is getting too big for those kind now…(sob sob sniff sniff!!) We have a very loved BIG truck like that… a little more worn…happily traveled to the beach, camping and hills in the back yard! after we used it indoors for a year!! =)

  18. How creative….those crafts are neat. My little ones are 2, 3 and just turned 5 and would love The Very Greedy Bee.

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