Toddler
Books: The Very Lazy Ladybug by Isobel Finn and Jack Tickle and CanYou Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
Songs /
Rhymes: “Good
Morning”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “Ladybug” with ladybug
puppet, “Pretty Ladybug” on the felt board, “I Wiggle My Fingers”, and “The
More We Get Together”.
Craft: Build a Ladybug. Materials: red construction paper oval, black construction paper head, crayons, glue, and tape. The toddlers glued the head to the body of the ladybug and drew on spots.
Preschool
Books: The Very Lazy Ladybug by Isobel Finn and Jack Tickle and CanYou Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
Songs /
Rhymes: “Welcome
to the Library”, “Hello, How Are You?”, “Open, Shut Them”, “If You’re Happy and
You Know It”, “Head and Shoulders”, and “The More We Get Together”.
Craft: Ladybug Headbands Materials: red construction paper strips, small black construction paper strips, black construction paper die cut spots, glue, tape, crayons, and scissors. The preschoolers taped their red strips together, added their spots, and taped on their antennae to make a ladybug hat.
Songs/Rhymes
Ladybug
Sung to: "Three Blind Mice"
Fly, fly, fly
Ladybugs fly
Fly over here
Fly over there
They fly up high and they fly down low.
Around and around and around they go.
They fly fast, and they fly slow.
Oh, ladybugs fly.
Pretty Ladybug
Sung to: "The Muffin Man"
Ladybug has 1 black spot,
1 black spot, 1 black spot;
Ladybug has 1 black spot,
Pretty ladybug!
Ladybug has 1 black spot,
1 black spot, 1 black spot;
Ladybug has 1 black spot,
Pretty ladybug!
Continue until there are 6 spots.
--from PreschoolEducation.com
