{"id":327,"date":"2020-04-27T20:56:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T01:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/?p=327"},"modified":"2020-04-27T21:07:27","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T02:07:27","slug":"insects-week-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/?p=327","title":{"rendered":"Insects Week – General"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bugs, bugs and bugs. I love bugs! Who else likes bugs? Let\u2019s find them In the Tall, Tall Grass<\/span> by Denise Fleming https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfEMvaAPNdM<\/a>, Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y5e6o8BYF-U<\/a>, and I love Bugs!<\/span> by Philemon Sturges https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IGxI6v-kIOY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bugs are also called insects (scientifically, not all insects are bugs). Below is a special song about insects\u2019 body parts (Tune of \u201cHead and Shoulders\u201d):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head, thorax, abdomen, and six legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head, thorax, abdomen, and six legs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eyes, antennae, and some of them have a wing set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Head, thorax, abdomen, and six legs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you sing, you realize that spiders are not insects!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We can also sort insects with this science booklet: https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/science-booklet-insects\/grasshopper-looks-for-insects<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your child has a nature journal, help your child to complete the booklet and glue it in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language Art<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

First Reader Books are fun to read together with your child. This one is called I Like Bugs<\/span> by Margaret Wise Brown. https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/insect-memory-game\/insect-memory-game<\/a>
After reading with your child, play a game with bug alphabet letters. For it, print the Bug Alphabet Cards and use them to spell bugs\u2019 names and words in the book read. https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/bug-alphabet-cards\/bug-alphabet-cards<\/a>

Upper Case I Practice Sheet (Remember to start at the top) https:\/\/twistynoodle.com\/uppercase-letter-i-6-coloring-page\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creepy Crawly Fingerplay<\/strong> (Have your child do an action);<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creepy, crawly up my arm, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spotty little bug!
When it crawls up to my neck,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I give a little shrug!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But…..he climbs a little more<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And settles on my nose,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I give a mighty snore!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And he scuttles to my toes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big Bugs, Small Bugs Song<\/strong> (Tune of \u201cFr\u00e8re Jacques\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big bugs, small bugs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big bugs, small bugs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See them crawl, on the wall?
Creepy, creepy, crawling,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never, never falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bugs,bugs, bugs,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bugs, bugs, bugs.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Insect Song<\/strong> (Tune of \u201cThe Wheels on the Bus\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The firefly at night goes blink, blink, blink,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The firefly at night goes blink, blink, blink,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All through the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bees in the flower go buzz, buzz, buzz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ants in the grass go March, March, March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The grasshoppers in the field go hop, hop, hop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Math<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Help your child to continue his\/her pattern on the April calendar (Reptiles Week 3)<\/p>\n\n\n\n


A Bright Bug Math Game: roll one or two dice and color the corresponding number on page. https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/math-center-addition\/a-bright-bug<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insect Memory Game https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/insect-memory-game\/insect-memory-game<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For this I for Insect Craft, you need: (1) brown, green and blue construction paper, (2) scissors, (3) black marker, (4) glue. Have your child cut a big green I and glue it to the blue construction paper. Cut 6 legs and 2 antennae out of brown construction paper and glue them on the I. Use black marker to draw eyes (or googley eyes) and face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thumb Bug in a Jar Craft https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/bug-craft\/thumb-bugs-in-a-jar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swarm of flies Bug Craft https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/bug-craft\/swarm-of-flies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June Bug Craft https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/bug-craft\/june-bug<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Small Motor Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Match Insects Coloring Page https:\/\/twistynoodle.com\/match-the-insects-coloring-page\/<\/a>
Tracing Insects Coloring Page https:\/\/twistynoodle.com\/trace-the-insects-coloring-page\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bug Cutting Practice Page https:\/\/twistynoodle.com\/bug-cutting-practice-coloring-page\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cut and Paste Letters of INSECT Page https:\/\/twistynoodle.com\/cut-and-paste-the-letters-i-n-s-e-c-t-coloring-page\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insects Dot Painting Page https:\/\/twistynoodle.com\/insect-dot-painting-coloring-page\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gross Motor Skills<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Play a game with your child of hide and seek or \u201cchirp\u201d with sand paper. Give your child two pieces of sand paper and ask him\/her to rub the two pieces in the place your child decides to hide. Take turn hiding and seeking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bugs, bugs and bugs. I love bugs! Who else likes bugs? Let\u2019s find them In the Tall, Tall Grass by Denise Fleming https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DfEMvaAPNdM, Bugs! Bugs! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":371,"href":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327\/revisions\/371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}