Wednesday

Happy Wednesday, I don’t know about you but each day feels like an accomplishment!
Today we will focus on ants, spiders, and crickets Oh My!

Chapel: http://www.lccdayschool.com/editoruploads/files/Distance%20Learning%202020/Preschool_week_april_13.mp4

2's Preschool

Story Time / Songs/ Fingerplay
          
         The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle 
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdiGEjz5b0Q
OR
          https://www.youtubekids.com/watch?v=YdiGEjz5b0Q

Outdoor Play/Gross Motor (Full Body Movement)

*  Bug scavenger hunt

Free Play Time 

*build social/emotional muscles! Work on problem solving, language development and critical thinking skills through play

Music and Movement 

          8 ants:

    One ant two ants, three ants four.
    Our picnic is their grocery store.
    Five ants, six ants, seven ants, eight.
   They are crawling on my plate!
    Eight ants, seven ants,
    Stomp around.
    Six ants, five ants
    On the ground.
    Four ants, three ants,
    On the run!
   Two ants, one ant,
    No more fun.

The ants go marching You Tube        

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjw2A3QU8Qg

OR https://www.youtubekids.com/watch?v=Pjw2A3QU8Qg YT Kids

Art/Craft or Sensory Activity

   * Cut a paper towel tube to about 6” tall. On the bottom cut 8 strips to make legs.  Dip your     “spider” in paint and make prints 

Cupcake Liner spiders - flatten out and glue cupcake liners to a sheet of construction paper. Draw leg and glue on eyes

Prayer 

          *  Prayer: Thank you

Thank you for the world so sweet.

Thank you for the food we eat

Thank you for the birds that sing.

Thank you God for everything. 

          Amen

Extra:

   “All About Insects” 

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKQfJFAHW8Q

OR

     https://www.youtubekids.com/watch?v=rKQfJFAHW8Q (JM)

     Bug and roll

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oybEMWW23uU

 Social Emotional:

    Story bots emotions-You tube

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akTRWJZMks0

OR

    https://www.youtubekids.com/watch?v=akTRWJZMks0

Facts:
CRICKETS

Most crickets live in the ground on the grass, but some live under the ground, inside caves, or high in trees.

Even though crickets have wings, they do not fly. Crickets can jump or travel short distances by producing jerky moves.

Crickets can be black, red, brown or green in color.

ANTS

Ants have two stomachs.  

Ants don’t have ears. Ants "hear" by feeling vibrations in the ground through their feet.

  Ants are super strong- lifting 50 times their body weight.

                                 SPIDERS

Spiders are not insects. Instead, spiders are arachnids because they only have two body segments instead of three. Other arachnids are scorpions, mites and ticks. 

Spiders have 8 legs. Count this spider’s legs: 

Spiders spin webs to catch bugs to eat, but not all spiders make webs. 

Scavenger hunt: