I did the bug Fun Friday and it was so fun! First, we made a snail craft. I took paper plates and drew spirals on them with a black marker. Then, I found a snail coloring page to make a template for the body. I traced the template onto green construction paper and cut them out. I stapled the snail body to the paper plates. Next, I cut colored tissue paper into small squares and put the squares into individual Ziploc bags for each student. Since we didn't have a lot of time, I had to have everything ready to go! The kids glued on googly eyes to the body and tissue paper to the shell. It turned out so cute!
Second, we played a quick game to get the wiggles out. We did: slide like a snail, flutter like a lady bug, jump like a cricket, blink like a lightning bug, wiggle like a caterpillar, roll like a roly poly, click like a beetle, march like an ant, fly like a butterfly, dance like a bee, and spin like a spider. These all came from Oopsey Daisy's I is for Insect Mommy School. You can get this lesson and print out the action cards here: Oopsey Daisy Mommy School
Third, the kids ate their snack while I read books. The "healthy" snack was dirt cups, which is sugar-free chocolate pudding in cups with crushed Oreos (=dirt) and gummy worms on top. I read I Spy Fly Guy, The Very Quiet Cricket, and Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy.
I printed a couple of fun activities for the kids to take home. I got an insect maze and word search from Busy Bee Crafts and a create your own insect page from Have Fun Teaching. I rolled the pages up and tied them with red tulle with a fake bug attached. Easy and cheap.
