BUG POEMS, FINGERPLAYS, AND CRAFTS
BUG POEMS and FINGERPLAYS:
Little Miss Muffet Little Miss Muffet,
Sat on her tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened
Miss Muffet away.
Eency Weency SpiderThe eency weency 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 eency weency spider went up the spout again
Flutterby If you ever watched a butterfly,
You would think the same;
To call him rather "flutterby",
Is more a fitting name.
For what he has to do with butter
I cannot understand.
But he can surely flutter better
Than any insect can!
Caterpillar Let the words describe the actions
Little fuzzy caterpillar
In your warm cocoon
The cold winter's over and you'll be hatching soon.
Then you'll spread your wings
On a warm summer's day
And wave us all goodbye
As you fly, fly away.
Lady Bugs Have the children act out this poem! It's FUN!!
I saw a little lady bug flying in the air,
But when I tried to catch her, two bugs were there.
Two little lady bugs flew up in a tree.
I tiptoed very quietly, and then I saw three.
Three little lady bugs--I looked for one more.
I saw one sitting on the ground, that made four.
Four little lady bugs--another one arrived.
I saw her sitting on a flower, and that made five.
Five little lady bugs, all red and black--
I clapped my hands and shouted, and they all flew back!
BUG CRAFTS:
Egg Carton Caterpillar You will need:
cardboard egg carton
poster paint
construction paper
marker
scissors
glue
1. Cut through the center section of a cardboard egg carton,
making the long six cup section the body of the caterpillar.
make the legs by cutting a small section from both sides of the cups.
2. Paint the outside with green paint.
Glue the body to a piece of black paper.
Trim around the edge when dry.
3. Cut the head from green paper and draw on features
with a marker. Make the antennae from black paper and glue them
to the head.
**Note:**
This also works great for other "critters"!
Spider (only use 1 section of egg carton, add Pipe cleaner legs)
Chick (1 section of carton, use Construction Paper to make a
beak and little legs)
Bunny (1 section of carton, Make ears and big feet from
Construction Paper)
Use your imagination, and EMAIL ME
with your new ideas.
Send me pics of your kids work, and I'll add it
to my "refrigerator!!"
