![]() Provide non fiction books for the children to check out about spiders! Discuss the importance of being careful with living creatures and set them free at the end of the day. Replace the word spider to each child's name: "Itsy bitsy Miss Cheryl, went up the water spout.".Īdd tubes or PVC piping to the water table (or simply use plastic cups with the bottoms cut out!) and plastic spiders to use while reciting Itsy Bitsy Spider for this water table nursery rhyme activity!Īre there harmless spiders where you live? If you can, catch some and put them in bug jars for the children to observe. One of my co-teachers does this with the children, and they LOVE it! Get dramatic-it will catch on!Ĭhange "itsy bitsy" to "medium" in the rhyme and use a regular voice.Ĭhange the words to "big huge spider" and use a louder and deep voice! Help them to count out 8 fringes and glue them on their cut out spider for legs! Then show them how to "fringe" a piece of paper and cut off their fringes. They just cut, cut, cut, cut round and round and whatever shape they have left is their spider. If they have a difficult time getting the string wet, try brushing some paint on the end of the string with a paintbrush.ĮXTENSION: Have children glue googly eyes onto a large pom pom (craft glue works best for the eyes to stay on) and glue their "spider" onto the web!ĪNOTHER EXTENSION: Cutting skill practice: Instruct the children to choose a small-ish piece of paper to make a spider. They then drag the yarn across the paper to make a cool spider web! Have children "dip" the string in the paint tray (it does not have to be soaking wet!) In advance: Attach each clothes pin to a length of yarn or string. Materials needed: Black paper, yarn or string, white paint, paint brush Out came the sun and dried up all the rainĪnd the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again. The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.ĭown came the rain and washed the spider out. Itsy Bitsy Spider Nursery Rhyme Activities How many spoons of water does it take to fill the bowl? For instance, have 3 place settings: a plate, spoon and 2 forks a plate a spoon and a fork a plate and 2 spoons-have them copy what they see.Īdd small plastic bowls and spoons to the water table. Encourage the children to think of ways they could be sorted (by color, by type, one of each for a group). Provide different colors of paper plates, plastic spoons and plastic forks. Have eyes, ears and paws precut along with brown or white lunch bags markers glueĮncourage the children to make a puppet from the nursery rhyme such as a cow, cat, dogĪdd cows, cats and dogs to your block area today. The children paint their plate and plastic spoon how they want. Materials needed: Paper plates, paint, googly eyes Hey Diddle Diddle Nursery Rhyme Activities Encourage the children to write notes or draw pictures for one another about their sheep! Sheep Shapes: Add sheep shape paper to your writing table. What songs do we know about sheep? Sing Baa Baa Black Sheep, Mary Had a Little Lamb and any others you may know!Īdd sheep costumes (or white shirts and sheep masks) and farmer costumes.Īdd cotton balls, colored pompoms, cotton batting, spoons and cups for the children to try and scoop up! Different weights will eventually sink.add some science questions! Why did some of the cotton sink but not the pompoms?! ![]() The children can build a farm for their sheep or sheep pens with blocks and then use the straws to blow their cotton ball sheep around their farm! They then use the scraps to cut out four legs and glue them onto their sheep shape.ĮXTENSION: Glue a large craft stick on the back and use them while reciting Baa Baa Black sheep!Īdd cotton balls and straws to your block area. ![]() You can, if you like, pre-cut the paper into sheep shapes! I have the children use scissors to cut the paper into their best oval shape (possibly pre-drawn on the paper with a white crayon) for the children to practice their cutting skills. Dip the cotton in the paint to use on the white paper. ![]() The children use the clothes pins to hold the cotton balls. Materials Needed: black paint, white construction paper, cotton balls, pincher clothes pins, googly eyes, glue
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