Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Bumblebees buzz.
Buzz over here.
Buzz over there.
They buzz up high and they buzz down low.
Around and around and around they go.
They buzz-buzz fast, and they buzz-buzz slow.
Oh, bumblebees buzz!
Repeat the song, replacing the insect name and its corresponding
action word with each of these word pairs in turn: grasshoppers/hop,
butterflies/flutter, little ants/run, ladybugs/fly, crickets/jump.
Insect Parts 1
(tune: Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes)
Head, thorax abdomen, six legs
Head, thorax abdomen, six legs
And eyes and ears and antennae
Head, thorax abdomen, six legs
Point to the appropriate parts on your body for each of the insect
parts. Put up index fingers and waggle them for antenna, and put
three fingers out on each side for 6 legs!!
*Art
My Insect Book
My Insect booklet--complete, repetitive sentences on the bottom of each half-page. Have children draw on each page only what is specified.
1st page: An insect has 3 body parts.
2nd page: An insect has 3 body parts. An insect has 6 legs.
3rd page: An insect has 3 body parts, 6 legs, 2 antennae.
4th page: An insect has 3 body parts, 6 legs, 2 antennae. Some
insects have wings.
5th page: An insect has 3 body parts, 6 legs, 2 antennae. Some
insects have wings. This is my insect.
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*Learning Centers
Bug Dig
Place potting soil in the sensory table and add plastic insects for
the children to have fun digging up and matching the ones that are
the same.
*Group Time
Insect Body Parts
Three children form insect body parts by lining up single file and
putting hands on shoulders of child in front of them. Instant 3 body
parts and 6 legs! Have the first child in each group use index
fingers as antennae. Have the children sing the following song "Bugs."
Bugs
(tune: For he's a jolly good fellow)
My head is starting to wiggle;
My head is starting to wiggle;
Around and around and around.
(Repeat, substituting thorax and abdomen.)
Last verse:
My six legs are starting to wiggle;
My six legs are starting to wiggle;
My six legs are starting to wiggle
around and around and around.
Then the children change places and get to be a different body part.
*Ants
*Fingerplays/Songs
Prints Available at AllPosters
Ants
(Tune of "Oh My Darling")
It's an insect not a spider
it has 6 legs instead of 8
3 on this side 3 on that side
and it's crawling on your plate.
*Art
Ants
Cut out three circles and have the children color them brown.
Draw a face on one of the circles. Put the ant together on a piece of construction paper. Add two antennae and six legs cut from black construction paper.
*Bees
*Fingerplays/Songs
A to Z Kids Stuff eBook
Bees Theme Unit
Ages: Pre & K
Six Buzzing Bumblebees
Six buzzing bumblebees
Flying around the hive,
One buzzes off
And that leaves five.
Five buzzing bumblebees
Flying near my door,
One buzzes off
And that leaves four.
Four buzzing bumblebees
Flying around a tree,
One buzzes off
And that leaves three.
Three buzzing bumblebees
In the sky so blue,
One buzzes off
And that leaves two.
Two buzzing bumblebees
Flying by the sun,
One buzzes off
And that leaves one.
One buzzing bumblebee
Looking for some fun,
It buzzes off
And that leaves none.
Bees that buzz
At my elbows and knees --
No sir, I'm not
Fond of these.
But bees that buzz
Near flowers and stem,
Making honey --
I like them.
Mmmmm!
*Art
Busybees
Need: yellow balloons(1 per child), yellow cellophane, black marker,
string, tape
Blow up 1 balloon for each child, have them draw face and stripes on
the balloon. Cut wings out of cellophane and tape onto the balloons.
Tie a string on and take outside. When they run in the wind the bees
fly. Very cute and lots of fun on a spring or summer day.
Contributed by: Lori Coutley
*Math/Science
Pollen
To demonstrate how bees help flowers to grow, sprinkle baby powder on
the ground outside. Ask the children to walk through it. The baby
powder will inevitably stick to their feet and get transferred
around. Explain that this is what happens to bees, their feet and
legs pick up the pollen and take it to other flowers.
*Stories to Read-Online
A short illustrated story by Carol Moore.
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