{"id":338,"date":"2020-05-04T22:24:22","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T03:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/?p=338"},"modified":"2020-05-04T22:24:22","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T03:24:22","slug":"insects-week-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/numbertwopencil.org\/?p=338","title":{"rendered":"Insects Week – Cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chirp, chirp, chirp! Here is a riddle! Which insect chirps all day long, has 2 long antennae and stridulates or sings by rubbings it\u2019s wings together? PBS Deep look has this video about these insects:
https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fh3uNUrAnss<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

You guessed it. The insect was the cricket. It can make music. Can your child make music too? Brainstorm with your child how he\/she can make music: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. With body parts: clapping, whistling, clicking tongue, snapping,….<\/li>
  2. With kitchen tools: spoons, pots, pans, glasses,….<\/li>
  3. With instruments: drum, guitar, tambourine, bell, triangle, maracas, piano,….<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Help your child explore music making and ask your child to tell you which one is his\/her favorite.
    If you have a journal, ask your child to make a drawing that you can label and date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Language Arts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Another extraordinary book, The Very Quiet Cricket<\/span>, by Eric Carle https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GR_VvLciJTM<\/a>. The theme is beauty and love. After viewing the story, help your child sequence the story and remember all the insects the cricket met. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Cricket Song<\/strong> (Tune of \u201cThe London Bridge\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Every cricket has 3 parts, has 3 parts, has 3 parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Every cricket has 3 parts and I can name them all!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

    Head and thorax, abdomen, a cricket has 3 parts!

    Every cricket has 3 parts, has 6 legs, and 2 antennae.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Every cricket has these things,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Some even have wings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Charlie Cricket Song<\/strong> (Tune of \u201cMary had a Little Lamb\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Charlie Cricket chirps at night, chirps at night, chirps at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Charlie Cricket chirps at night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Chirp, Charlie Cricket, chirp!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Charlie Cricket jumps up high…….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

    May is a new month and your child needs a new calendar. Print this calendar set https:\/\/www.themailbox.com\/magazines\/may-calendar-setbr4-pages\/may-calendar-set<\/a> and have your child choose a pattern to follow for the new month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You can incorporate music and counting. Count the shakes! To make a shaker, you need dried beans and plastic eggs or paper plate. Help your child put beans in a plastic egg or in a paper plate folded into 2. Seal the egg and plate with glue or strong tape. Your child can also decorate the paper plate shaker!

    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 project, you need (1) the pattern below, (2) googly eyes, (3) color tissue paper in squares, (4) glue, (5) color markers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Help your child glue the squares of tissue paper and the eyes. Use markers to trace feet and antennae.
    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Paper Plate Cricket Kid Craft https:\/\/www.gluedtomycraftsblog.com\/2016\/03\/paper-plate-grasshopper-kid-craft.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The Very Quiet Cricket Book Craft https:\/\/bookunitsbylynn.blogspot.com\/2018\/10\/the-very-quiet-cricket-book-craft.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

    Cricket Coloring Page https:\/\/twistynoodle.com\/cricket-2-coloring-page\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Instrument Picture Matching http:\/\/www.preschoolactivities.us\/musical-instruments-worksheet-for-kids\/free-music-worksheets-for-kids-1\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Build a Xylophone http:\/\/www.homemade-preschool.com\/support-files\/msw-instrument-builder-xylophone.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

    9 Gross Motor At Home Activities with pillows by Pediatric Therapy Network https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BTpkS5Ot87M<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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