We have jumped right in to our October literature with our reading of Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider last week! We had fun reading the story together, and making all of the different sounds of the animals that the Busy Spider met while spinning her web. The students all got a turn to touch the raised spiderweb on the pages of the book, which was a favorite part for most 🙂
Using puffy paint and a squeeze bottle, each student got to make their own raised “spiderwebs”!
We have been learning all about the nocturnal animals of the forests. Today we learned that there are insects that are nocturnal, too! We learned about the characteristics that make an insect and insect (head, thorax, abdomen, 2 eyes, 6 legs, and antennae) and about a special insect that sings songs throughout the night forest. After reading The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle, we used play dough to make our own insects with all the parts!
We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar today during group time. Through a SmartBoard video clip, we watched a butterfly go through the entire life cycle! We then had the chance to watch The Very Hungry Caterpillar come to life on our very own SmartBoard! If you would like to check out the video, click on the photo of the book below. Then, we tried our hand at Eric Carle’s illustrating technique and created our own butterfly.
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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