Color: Black
Shape: Oval
Number: 6
Letter: I for Insect
Day 1: Insects
Read:
- Language Development card 37
- Yoga But Simple Poses for Little Ones by Sarah Jane Hinder
Music: Bug Instruments
Experiment: Bug Hunt
Play: Bug Sensory Tub
Day 2: Ants
Read:
- Language Development card 7
- Fun Songs #4
- Nursery Art pg. 115
- Summer Fun with Amber Lamb pg. 37
Music: sing the ants go marching
Experiment: Ant Farm
Play: Counting Ants
Day 3: Ladybugs
Read:
- Language Development card 46
- Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 25
- Summer Fun with Amber Lamb pg. 31-33
Music: sing Ladybug Ladybug fly away home
Experiment: Ladybug Habitat
Day 4: Bees
Read:
- Alphabet Animal Card #2
- Nursery Art pg. 33
- Arts and Crafts with Button Bear pg. 11
Music:
- sing I’m bringing home a baby bumble bee
- Bumblebee Turn Around
- Betsey Bee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KWK-RkrgHE&list=PLtcVDUfj-tZytwkA64XHNSi0PwA0TMrJM&index=2
Day 5: Inchworms
Read:
- Alphabet Animal Card #9
- Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 35
Play: Make Playdough Inchworms
Music: Itchy Inchworm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coW1OJnbut8&list=PLtcVDUfj-tZytwkA64XHNSi0PwA0TMrJM&index=9
Day 6: Butterflies
Read:
- Language Development card 11
- Nursery Art pg. 145
- Summer Fun with Amber Lamb pg. 25-27
- Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 93
Music: sing bullfrogs and butterflies
Experiment: Raise Butterflies
Play: Butterfly Life Cycle Toys
Butterfly Sticker
I ordered a couple toddler age books from Abeka.com. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Insect Tot School Unit:
- Language Development Cards 37, 7, 46, 11
- Animal Alphabet Friends Cards 2, 9
- Arts & Crafts with Button Bear pg. 11
- Summer Fun with Amber Lamb pg. 37, 31-33, 25-27
- Learning Numbers with Button Bear pg. 25, 35, 93
- Nursery Arts & Crafts pg. 115, 33, 145
- Abeka Fun Songs #4
Movie List:
- A Bugs Life
- Antz
- https://www.primarythemepark.com/2016/06/insect-videos-kids/?epik=dj0yJnU9OFZ0a1JTbU1XMWpKalpiR1dJRWhZeks0aWkxckVUMWQmcD0wJm49N0NaZzlCMVZVcnpEelN2eGU3UlNadyZ0PUFBQUFBR0xHUWRV
Book List:
- Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill Martin Jr
- A Book of Colors Butterfly Butterfly by Petr Horacek
- A White Butterfly by Laurie Cohen
- I Like Bugs by Alice K Flanagan
- Caterpillar Colors Butterfly Dreams by Joanne Barkan
- Bug Hunt by Neecy Twinem
- I like bugs by Lorena Siminovich
- The Ants Go Marching by Jeffrey Scherer
- Peek-A-Boo Ladybug by The Clever Factory
- Picnic! A Day in the Park by Joan Holub
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Music/ Poems:
- Baby Signing Time
- Bug Instruments
- Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
Gross Motor:
- Move like an insect cards
Fine Motor:
- Play Cooties
Trips:
- Butterfly House