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Our last day of bugs. Those of you who are creeped out by insects should be happy!
I happen to be an insect lover, as long as they are outside of my home. I pay good money to have the inside of the house pest free!
EVERYONE
Today, we're all going to go on a Bug Hunt! Let's see if we can find some of the creatures we talked about this week as well as some others.
You'll need the Bug Hunt print out from our website and something to write with while you're exploring. Hopefully some of the little crawlie beasts will be out this week!
Let me know what you found!
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2s: Insects
1. From our website, print out the 2s Insect Puzzles. If you have card stock, that will make them more durable.
Look at the pictures with your child and help them identify the insects.
Cut the cards out. Start by giving your child the two-piece puzzles, one insect at a time and work up to mixing the two-piece puzzles together and seeing if they can complete the task.
When they have successfully completed the two-piece puzzles, have them do the same with the four-piece pictures.
2. Break out the play dough
In addition to the play dough, supply your child with pipe cleaners for legs and buttons or beads for eyes. Gather any other supplies that they can use as body parts.
Let your child make insects using their imagination!
3. Get Moving
Use the cards from our website Move Like an Insect.
Print them out and cut them apart.
Have your child choose a card from the pile and show how they can move like that insect. You can take turns or have your child do all the movements.
Which insect would they like to be?
3s: Pets
You don't need to have a pet to do these activities! If you don't have pets at home, have your child choose an animal that they would someday like to have as a pet.
1. Watch the reading of the Dr. Seuss book What Pet Should I Get: What Pet Should I Get by Dr. Seuss
2. My Pet
Print out the My Pet page from our website.
Help your child fill out the sections of the page by asking them questions. If you don't have a pet, ask your child where you could find the information about that animal and help them do the research.
Have your child draw pictures or cut pictures out of a newspaper circular or magazine to fill in the blocks.
Here's my sample of my dog Bubba. You can see he spends a lot of time on his plush, queen-sized bed...
3. Goldfish
Fish are an easy first pet for children. Yes, they're easy to kill, but their easy to replace as well!
You'll need the Goldfish Graphing page from our website and a cup full of Goldfish Crackers. No goldfish? Just use cereal or some other small objects.
Show your child the graph and how there are numerals across the bottom from 1-10. Point to each numeral as you say the name.
Have your child show you what ONE looks like, using the goldfish. Have them place the cracker in the column in the first space. Now ask them what TWO goldfish look like and place those on the correct column, one fish in each space.
Have them complete the graph going up to ten.
Now eat the goldfish!
4s: Letter Y and Insects
1. Watch this compilation of Sesame Street videos about the letter Y: Sesame Street Letter Y2. Letter Y Show & Tell
Have each of your family members find something that begins with the letter Y. Take turns telling each other about your finds. Have Mom or Dad write the word down for each person. Remember, if it is someone or something's name, it has an uppercase letter at the beginning.
3. Yertle the Turtle used to be a favorite of my son. You can watch this turtle whose name begins with Y here: Yertle the Turtle by Dr. Seuss
4. Cootie Game
You'll need the Cootie Game page from our website, something to write with and a six-sided die.
Explain to your child, using the information at the bottom of the page, that each number on the die will represent what they'll get to draw for their cootie insect.
Take turns rolling the dice and drawing your insects. The first person to complete their insect wins!
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