Super Smart Summer... "Little Critters/ Bugs" Week
Movies:
-Disney's A Bug's Life
Outings:
-Bug catching in the woods
Books:
-Check out past issues of the Ranger Rick magazine from the library
The Backyard Detective book was really a lot of fun for the kids. They used their magnifying glasses to find bugs in the book then we read more about them on the subsequent pages.
Activities:
-Weave spider webs with a cardboard circle and string
-Make play dough bugs with googly eyes and pipe cleaner legs
I have a love/hate relationship with PlayDough... what a mess!
-Adopt a bug for the week- Owen chose the spider and Trey chose the grasshopper. As we were reading our books it was more engaging for them when I said "Oh look, there's a picture of Owen eating Trey!" and they learned more about their adopted bug by reading library books.
-Go on a bug catching mission (please note the intensity of this mission... they even dressed the part and brought along their pop guns! Don't mess.)
-Bug Chart- I created a chart with a couple of different bugs along the left hand side (ant, grasshopper, ladybug, wasp, fly, dragonfly, spider) and different characteristics along the top (wings, 6 legs, antennae, stinger) Owen and I went through our library books to find out if each characteristic applied to that bug. He loved filling in the chart!
Snack:
-Bug Pizzas on english muffins
-Talk about bees and eat honeycomb, inspect it with a magnifying glass (here's a great post about this)
You can find links to more ideas and coloring pages on my "Smart Summer" Pinterest board.
2 comments:
Haha... what a nice creations made of the PlayDough.
Love what you are doing for your boys. It is very much like home-schooling, which I started this year with my 11 year old son, and we just LOVE it! I'll never put him back into mainstream school. Jesus was home-schooled and if it was good enough for Him... :-)
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