No pictures today because the week went by too darn fast! I’ll add them when I can. Today I have a new set of clip art for you: Bugs! There’s a green inchworm and a yellow bee and a blu…
We're beginning a brand-new CAMPING thematic unit! The one thing that I like the least about camping is all the bugs...but they seem to be absolutely
A fun game to learn about bugs. I play this game with my whole class during morning meeting or during small groups. Each student gets a card. Anyone can start the game. The person starting the game reads the “I have” section of the card and tells the group one fact about that insect. Then asks “who has” for the bottom part of the card. And so it goes until all the cards are called! Happy Teaching! TP Includes: - 20 cards You might also like: I have, Who has? DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTES ~ SHAPES ( 3D and color) I Have, Who Has ~ NUMBER 0-20 I have, Who has ~ COLORS I have, Who has ~ ALPHABET (52 CARDS lowercase and uppercase) I have, Who has ~ OCEAN ANIMALS Earn Credits Towards Future Purchases: If you like this product, please leave feedback at my TPT store. Remember each time you leave feedback you earn credits that can be used towards your future TPT purchase! Questions? Suggestions? Please email me at [email protected] Would you like to receive notifications for my Friday Freebees? Follow me here on TPT!
It's Five for Friday time again, so I'm linking up with Doodle Bugs on a Saturday because I'm always running late like that :)! I have lots of pictures
This free bugs in a jar math activity is perfect for a preschool insect theme!
I love using interactive lapbooks in the classroom. They are fun to create, engaging and can be used throughout the year to review skills taught. I finally completely my Lapbook Bundle and I am happy to share the lapbooks included with you. Whether you think your learners will enjoy creating all of the lapbooks, if you
Photo Source: www.oopseydaisyblog.com The whole I is for Insect unit from Alison of Oopsey Daisy is fantastic and filled to the brim with amazing learning exercises {and completely free to download at her website, by the way!!}, but we especially love these bug themed action cards! If you need a fun transition activity or a "fill-in" exercise for when you finish a lesson early, just pull out a few of these cards and let the fun begin! Eleven action cards in all, each features a different insect and a unique motion. Your kiddos are sure to giggle as they attempt to "slide like a snail", "blink like a lightning bug", and "wiggle like a caterpillar"! As an alternative to the entire class completing the motions, play insect "charades" by having your students draw a card from a hat/container and acting out the clue for their classmates to guess. Be sure to head on over to Oopsey Daisy for this {and other} fantastic downloads!
This week we talk about butterflies. I was pretty happy that it was my turn to teach. How fun are butterflies? You can't talk about butterflies without reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. I usually don't choose the books that the kids have probably heard a hundred times, but they did have a lot of fun with this one. I love this big book. It was a gift to Bee when she was just wee from my brother and his wife. I think that it is from Barnes and Noble though, if you are interested. The little puppet can even fit through the holes. The kiddos all really liked it. We did a little sorting and counting with this little felt set I made up to go with the fruits from the story. I love having these fabric numbers to use with varying counting activities. This is actually the first thing I showed my little three year old friends. They are butterfly pictures that I took this past week when we went to The Butterfly Palace. This is the first book I read to the class. It's From Egg to Butterfly by Shannon Zemucka. This was a good book, I would have read any short non fiction with real pictures though. I picked up this life-cycle model set at Toys R Us recently. I know they will get used a lot. I used this set while we sang the Butterfly Song by Dr. Jean. We looked at some additional butterflies and caterpillars on these flashcards. I bought them at Target in the dollar section a few summers ago. I love punching a hole in the corners and ringing them up. They get looked at and don't get lost. Of course I showed the kids the butterfly in a jar. Several wanted to show their parents at pick up time. The teachers loved seeing it too. The kitty was happy that I got it out again. With just learning a few signs, the kids easily signed along to the song Caterpillar Dream from Rachael Coleman of Signing Times. It's on the Great Outdoors DVD and CD. Then, we used little butterfly finger puppets to move and dance along to the following song: (I'm apparently too lazy to type out what is in the picture tonight- actually hubby and I have a bet as to whether I can finish this post in the time I estimated. If I loose I have to go make us both frozen hot chocolates. I'm thinking I should loose on purpose.) I planned for us to to this song/activity with the puppets, but we didn't get to it. Here are the little finger puppets. It's felt wings hot glued on to... the finger tips of yellow rubber gloves. I picked them up at the dollar store. We also made this little book, which didn't turn out logistically as I had thought. It turned out ok though. The first page is: A little egg lay on a leaf. (a finger print is the egg) I actually typed lays.... I never got that one, lays, lay, lie... I don't know which is right. (I think you can see the text now...I'll stop reading it for you) A full finger print is the caterpillar. The kids upside down hand in a fist is traced for the chrysalis. Traced hands are the wings and the fingerprint is the body of the butterfly. The parent that brought snack brought these cute butterfly snacks. They are made with a clothes pin and a snack size zip lock. They are like the ones we made last year. I set this out after snack. It is the brochure from the butterfly place we went. I google imaged several of the butterflies from the brochure and made cards. It's just a little matching game. If my kiddos were writers, I could have numbered the cards and had them write the names as they identified them. We also had on hand a Melissa and Doug bug puzzle which had been a gift to Lou and a bug pattern/matching set which was a garage sale find. Last year we hatched butterflies, but I'll probably get them again next year. We get to talk about butterflies in the 4 year class too. I am linking up to some of these fine kiddo related parties: Wednesday's A story + art = A Great stART @ A Mommy's adventures, Wednesday's Kids Get Crafty @ Red Teg Art's Blog, Tuesday's Show and Tell blog hop ad ABC and 123, Tot Tuesdays at Delicious Ambiguity, For the Kids Fridays @ Sun Scholars
I've always loved bugs... I know I'm in the minority here, but they are so cool and fun to watch! I made a tee to express my love. A collection of bugs is screen-printed on a Gildan Heavy Cotton unisex tee in natural. I'm wearing a size small. Machine washable!
Yall its HOT here in Texas and we have flies so bad this year. Seems like they are invading us by droves...or would that be swarms? Anyway I have…
If you want to get rid of springtails in houseplants follow below steps.
There are several types of houseplant bugs that can infest indoor plants. Learn how to identify them, so you can get rid of them as quickly as possible.
Are your roses starting to look like this? I can't believe how quickly the bugs started nibbling my leaves right up this year. Here is a very simple homemade spray for your rose bushes to help keep the aphids and other not so lovely critters away. I spray this on the leaves after each rain and it helps enormously. Using a large container mix together: 2 quarts water 1 tablespoon dishwashing soap 1 cup leftover coffee Pour the mixture into a spray bottle and mist your plants. That simple!
Here’s a Homemade Tick and Mosquito Spray for Dogs and Kids that’s made of clean ingredients for a more natural approach to bug spray.
These flourless monster cookies are gooey, chewy and chocolatey! These one-bowl cookies don't require a mixer and don't have any flour or butter in them. The edges are crispy and the insides are gooey.
