Weekly Learning - Bugs

Day 1: Songs

Bugs

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

I Love Bugs - (This song reviews the following bugs: butterfly, ladybug, spider, ant)

Bug Flashcards

Day 2: Activity

Have a bug-themed lunch! I found the idea here and thought it was just too cute! Plus, it's made of things that toddlers love to eat anyway, so chances are you already have everything you need to make it!

You can seriously make this as simple as you want, using what you have in your pantry. For example, I didn't have pretzel sticks so we used leftover fries... probably not as healthy but it works! Here are a couple of our photos:

Day 3: Get Out

A lot of universities have bug collections you can go look at. So if you have one nearby, go there! If not, maybe go to a museum or go on a walk, looking for bugs along the way.

For our "Get Out" activity we were going to go visit the bug collection at Arizona State University. It's free! And that's always good :) But it didn't happen because my little boy came down with some sort of tummy virus and was throwing up. We decided we'd better stay home. . .

So the bugs decided to come to us. . . it wasn't so great. Actually, it was terrible. I found a scorpion in our house! I woke my husband up (it was 4am) and had him come kill it. Gross. So we had our fair share of bugs this past week!

Day 4: Activity

Get a notebook and practice drawing bugs. You can help your toddler learn to draw circles (for the bug bodies) and then draw straight lines (for their legs). Easy and simple and it helps them learn! You could even cut out paper circles and glue them together to make a colorful caterpillar. Just create any bug you want on paper! 

Day 5: Library Day

The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle (Kimbri loves pointing to the ladybug on each page and says "Ladybug!". This book is a favorite around our house!)

The Bee Tree by Patricia Polacco

The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle