Bugs and Bees

This week we are going to start our Bugs and Bees Unit Study.
Little Laplinks June Theme. Valerie has some great ideas about an Alphabug lapbook, and we will more than likely incorporate those great ideas into our summer study too!

I am thinking that this Unit might last all summer... because we have found so many interesting things to do and learn! And there are Sooooo many bugs! And I just can see James wanting to do it all!

So anyway, here are some things I have found that I will be using for our unit, and lapbook.

TONS of Bugs and Bees Resources:

• Homeschool Share’s Honey Bee LAPBOOK RESOURCES: (enough info for whole lapbook)

• I also downloaded the free HOAC Honey Bee Lapbook (also enough info for a whole lapbook)

• Five Busy Honey Bees Nursery Rhyme

• Baby Bumblebee Song

• Bee Count and Graph

• Bee Letter Tracing

• Tons of Insects Lapbook Templates and Activities

• DLTK’s Insect and Bug Activities Page

• Eric Carle Insect Unit

• Tracing and Color Pages for the Very Quiet Cricket (Eric Carle)

• Letter Tiles for The Very Quiet Cricket

• Question of the Day for The Very Quiet Cricket

• Story Sequence Cards for The Very Quiet Cricket

• The Ant and the Grasshopper Fable StoryPage

• FingerPrint Bees or Bugs

Supply each child with a piece of white paper and different colored non-toxic stamp pads. Show the child how to make fingerprints on the paper, using only one finger at a time. When finished, add legs and antennae with a black pen, or for older children, have them add the legs and antennae.

• Unit- Bible Lesson with Ladybugs and Mosquitos - “What kind of Friend are you?”
• Also on Danielle's place...a very cute Bee layered Flapbook. Check it out.
  

• Videos:
  A Bug's Life
  Magic School Bus - Bugs, Bugs, Bugs
  The Magic School Bus - Creepy, Crawly
  Amazing Animals Video
  Buzby (any Hermie and Friends videos, really)

  Books-

  Magic School Bus: Inside a Beehive

  Are you a bee? By Judy Allen
  

  Ant Books to Read:
  Ant Bully
  I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track
  All for Pie, Pie for All
  One Hundred Hungry Ants
  Sing And Read - The Ants Go Marching
  Ant, Ant, Ant! An Insect Chant
  An Ant's Day Off
  Next To An Ant
  Dot's Great Big World
  Ants, Ants, Ants
  Ants in Your Pants
  Ants at the Picnic
  I Saw an Ant in a Parking Lot
  The Magic School Bus - Ants in Its Pants

  Ant Videos:

The Magic School Bus - Gets Ants in its Pants
The Ant Bully (Widescreen Edition)
A Bug's Life (Disney Gold Classic Collection)
Antz

Finger Print Craft Ants: (see on Valerie's site...under Alphabugs)
Materials: Non toxic ink pad (black) Paper Black pen or crayon Show your child how to make finger prints on a piece of paper (three sections). Have your child draw six legs, a head and antennae onto their prints to create ants.

• The Ants go Marching Song

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

2) (two by two) The little one stops to tie his shoe
3) The little one stops to climb a tree
4) The little one stops to shut the door
5) The little one stops to take a dive
6) The little one stops to pick up sticks
7) The little one stops to pray to heaven
8) The little one stops to shut the gate
9) The little one stops to check the time
10) The little one stops to say "THE END"

A great Ants Activity Page...tons of ideas...including this one:

Divide a paper plate into sections with a black marker. Place various food items on the plate (i.e. crackers, sugar, lettuce).Set the plate outside on a nice warm day, in a low traffic shaded area where you have seen ants. Check back after 1 hour to see what has happened. Check back in 2 hours. What foods have the ants taken? Which is their favorite? Ask your child what foods they like the best.

• Ants on a Log Snack

spread peanut butter on a piece of celery. Add raisins to the peanut butter.