Beautiful, Blithering Bugs! Letter B!

B is for blue, black, big, bright, bounce, boisterous, bun, brink, boil, band, and bugs!

To start our story time, we played with some fun bouncing balls!

Then we read:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle

Bugs Galore, by Peter Stein

Ask a Bug: And It Will Answer You

The Grouchy Ladybug, by Eric Carle

Polar Bear's Underwear, by Tupera Tupera

The Very Busy Spider, by Eric Carle

We sang:

The Isty Bitsy Spider

Five Green and Speckled Frogs - I had some special helpers with this song! We had a butterfly, a bee, a dragonfly, and a grasshopper!

Five green and speckled frogs, 
Sat on a speckled log, 
Eating some most delicious bugs, 
Yum yum! 
One jumped into the pool, 
Where it was nice and cool, 
Now there's only four green, speckled frogs! 

Count down until all the frogs are in the pool. 

I'm Scooping Up My Baby Bumblebee

For our craft, we made some button bugs!

And for our snack, we had some scrumptious grapes!

Next week, we're making some comic strips!

See You Later, Alligator! Story Time Letter A

A is for apple, abbey, aardvark, angel, Aussie, asparagus, ant, ape, and alligator!

To start off, we shook our sillies out with some egg-shaker fun!

Then we read:

Hooray for Amanda & Her Alligator! by Mo Willems

Alligator Baby, by Robert Munsch

A Girl and Her Gator, by Sean Bryan

Mama Don't Allow, by Thacher Hurd

Alphabeasts, byWallace Edwards

We sang:

Five Little Monkeys Swinging in the Trees

Five little monkeys swinging in the trees, 
Teasing Mr. Alligator, 
"You can't catch me! You can't catch me!" 
Along came an alligator, 
Quiet as can be, and ... 
Snatched that monkey right out of the tree! 

Countdown from 4, 3, 2, ... 

One little monkey swinging in the trees,
Teasing Mr. Alligator, 
"You can't catch me! You can't catch me!" 
Along came an alligator, 
Quiet as can be, and ... 
"Haha, you missed me!" 

ABCs

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P,
Q, R, S,
T, U, V,
W, X,
Y, and Z.
Now I know my ABCs,
Next time won't you sing with me!

The Ants Go Marching

 
For our craft, we made some chomping alligators!

And for snack, we had some tasty apples!

Next week, we're making some squiggly bugs!