Spiders are much more than just small, eightlegged, eighteyed creatures that spin webs. Counting down from 121 with the bright illustrations, simple text and hidden numbers on each page this book is great to read as a group as well. All of my children enjoyed playing this fun halloween game, including my 2 year old. Print out our free printable spiders webs and add fingerprint spiders to each web. Children paint an egg carton cut so that each child had 3 egg cups for the 3 body parts with their choice of either red, brown, or black paint. Reread the very busy spider and the very busy spider retelling chart. Today, im sharing the links to free printables ive used to create montessoriinspired spider activities for preschoolers through first graders. Its the perfect combination of things to create memorizing sensory bottles for your little learners. Children practice colors and counting to eight while sticking or stamping dreidels.
Free spider printables and montessoriinspired spider math. Our 12 favorite spider books are perfect for your halloween or fall lesson plans. After you read the book, tell your students that you have a web like the web in the book. Spider emergent reader freebie for your spiders and halloween theme math or literacy center in preschool, pre k or kindergarten. Spiders web fingerprint counting messy little monster. This collection of articles includes a lesson plan and literacy building. Even the children who usually dont want the spider ring counting game is an activity pre k and preschool kids will love, and it will give them practice with counting and recording in a fun way. Incy wincy itsy bitsy spider activities and resources. Lesson plans for teachers the very busy spider by eric carle here is a series of articles supporting teacher lesson plans on the childrens book the very busy spider. We have two versions of the printable, one with numbers 19 and one blank for you to add your own numbers. But again i think that is just bc of his age and theres more to follow. Spider slime recipe preschoolers will love helping to create this spider slime as well as playing with it for some fun sensory activity. Then, have the class make a spider web like the very busy spider.
Bear pre writing skills mat name see and spell ten little frogs. Its the perfect activity for both pre k and kindergarten to practice counting sets to 20. This spider ring counting game is an activity we did recently in my classroom during small group, and the kids loved it. Finally, they wrote the sum on the mat and transferred the number sentence to the spider web math recording sheet. Butterfly colors and counting is a perfect companion to pallottas three previous board books, the icky bug counting board book, the icky bug alphabet board book, and the ocean alphabet board book. My son and i have enjoyed using our magnetic spiders for several years. Valentines day is filled with hearts, love and candy hearts. Spider crafts, science lessons, activities, games, and printables for preschool and kindergarten. The story lines arent as interesting to him as his disney book collection similar to this style book. They will also match the number words onefive and oneten with the correct numeral. Ive put together 20 fun spider facts for preschoolers and kids many of the photographs of the spiders in this post were taken at the butterfly pavilion in denver, co. Free tarantula and spider doadot printables montessoriinspired instant downloads. Free printable spider counting book for a preschool spider. Kids will have fun learning to count as they click on the clowns and count the falling spiders.
Accordion fold 8 strips of black paper for the legs. Spider emergent reader freebie for your spiders and halloween theme math or literacy center in preschool, prek or kindergarten. Spiders theme activities and printables for preschool, pre. Bugs make a perfect topic of study for preschoolers. Toss white yarn from 1 sound to the other in random order. One little spider went to play, on a spider web one day, they had such enormous fun that they called for the color spider to come. Spider web counting game the kindergarten connection. A collection of incy wincy itsy bitsy spider activities and resources to encourage creativity, counting and literacy development for young children. If you enjoyed this book please subscribe for future.
Preschoolers will love this free printable spider counting book. This fun, spider themed interactive counting book will provide halloween counting fun for your preschool, pre k, kindergarten, speech therapy class. Spider cut and glue shape book spider number matching strips fall corn letter lacing owl counting cups gingerbread number playdough cards. The best counting books for preschool no time for flash cards. I went on to teach preschool, kindergarten, and first grade and earned my masters degree in.
Did you know that some spiders dont even spin webs. Directions for making the book and for creating your own dreidel stamps are below. Arts and crafts determination and perseverance farm and ranch animals literary criticism and analysis math science and. The spider ring counting game is an activity prek and preschool kids will love, and it will give them practice with counting and recording in a fun way. As children count, they can learn that to get the correct quantity, they must say one number per object, without skipping objects or counting an object twice. Use spider rubber stamps, spider stickers, or handdrawn spiders to complete the book. Spiders theme centers, activity printables and games to make that can be used when planning lessons and curriculum for preschool, pre k and kindergarten children. Whether youre looking for spider books for preschoolers during a preschool. Little hands will enjoy browsing this book on their ownand learning colors and numbers along the way. My spider book a printable template for a simple booklet to be cut and folded. Draw a web on black paper and then trace the web with glue. Learn about spiders, play spider games, learn with spider activities and lessons, sing a spider song, eat a spider snack, and create. Find more spider math activities and other spider activities in my free spider printables and montessoriinspired spider activities post.
Spiders teaching ideas, activities, lessons, and printables. Fun childrens learning activities, including printable templates, for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school kids. Spider printables a collection of printables including spider facts, tongue twister, and printable spider counting book. We add wiggle eyes and pipe cleaner pieces for the antennae and legs. Students will match the numerals 15 or 110 with the row that has that many spiders. If you have 12 children, have several children put. Sensory bottles are easy to make and even more fun to make when you have. Spider theme activities, lessons, and teaching ideas. Preschool and kindergarten spiders activities and crafts. Practice early math skills with the very busy spider by. I recently got them out to use for decorations, games, and shenanigans, and thought i would share a few magnetic spider activities with you.
My sons 3 and loves spider man so i bought this book for story time. What little child doesnt love an eric carle book the very busy spider is a super fun book that can be used to learn about spiders. The book will work well for your spider theme, halloween theme, bug theme, or october units and lesson plans. Very busy spider story time for preschoolers october. One hungry spider by jeanne baker is a counting book featuring a hungry orb spider spinning its web, and the animals it encounters along the way. Many of the printables work well for halloween, although there are printables listed for a spider unit study in general. Once a book is located, it is sometimes even more difficult to find multiple copies, books that can be sent home for further reinforcement, andor books that can be made even more personal with student drawn artwork, etc. Fingerprint counting is such a fun way of learning to count. Probably written with a four to five year old age group in mind, the rhyming text and a satisfying and surprising finish make this book a nice blend of counting, science, and social studies. Coffee cups and crayons spider web cutting activity cutting straws is great for toddlers to strengthen their fine motor skills, and this art activity involves using the straw pieces to construct a spider web on paper. This has always been one of my favorite books to read during our spider unit. The books print two per page, making them super easy to assemble.
The little spider is working hard on her web while one by one the other animals in the farm invite her to join them on various romps. Make it with art supplies for spider theme literacy ideas for spider theme math ideas for spider theme itsy bitsy spider ideas activities to go with the. These are perfect if you are teaching spiders theme unit or lesson plans. Sensory bottles can be used to help students calm down in the safe place or examine in the science center. Practice early math skills with the very busy spider by eric carle.
Give children time to look through the book and feel the raised illustrations of the spider, the web, and fly. My spider book counting book 4 versions to differentiate, in color and bw. Itsy bitsy spider book or 2nd version a printable template to be cut and folded to create a beginner reading book about spiders for children to color and read. The very busy spider by eric carle animated childrens books is a channel dedicated to bringing everyones favorite books as a kid to life. Spider counting activities for preschool math and kindergarten math. Spiders are a great topic to learn about for kids, especially since they are all around us. Check out these fun spider activities for your preschool and pre k classroom. Free spider printables for preschoolersfirst graders. Preschool math pre k themes series 2 pre k themes series 3. Spider themed circle time activity with free printables. This book can be illustrated by the student so the number of spiders on the page matches the text. Hey mrs spider childrens counting song by poco drom download the song here. While these are free printables they are still protected. Spider count is a simple and cool counting exercise for preschoolers.
This counting activity is fun to do after reading the book the very busy spider by eric carle. Give each student one picture that corresponds to one letter of the alphabet a z. Learning numbers 110 is key in pre math development, and this workbook teaches number recognition, counting and even simple addition. Learn about spiders with this collection of fiction and nonfiction spider books for kids. This emergent reader is also included in my spider bundle. Best of all, planning your preschool theme just got a lot easier. Here at prek pages, im committed to helping teachers just like you teach better, save time, and live more by providing you with everything you need to create a fun and engaging learning environment, lesson plans, and activities for your little learners.
It can be used initially to count up to 20 for number recognition. Spider counting mats is the perfect free printable to be added to your math centers. This activity is perfect for preschool and kindergarten students. Spiders printable counting book a to z teacher stuff. So much math learning and development is happening when children count objects. Hanukkah is almost here and we have created this fun dreidel counting book to use with your students. Spiders theme activities for preschool and kindergarten. The very busy spider animated childrens book youtube. This powerpoint presentation is used as a transition as well as an icebreaker for early childhood. Based on your interest in spider counting and more. Spider books for the preschool classroom halloween theme preschool. With so many great insect lesson plans for preschool all in one place you won.
This set includes four worksheets with varying levels of difficulty. Or give each student one letter from the alphabet aa zz. Hey mrs spider childrens counting song by poco drom. Im vanessa, a pre k teacher with more than 20 years of classroom teaching experience. Its full of over 25,000 books, learning videos, quizzes and more for kids 12. Let dry and add a spider sticker or glitter spider. Free spider printables and montessoriinspired spider. The exercise teaches not only simple number counting from 0 to 10, but also introduces the concept of reverse counting. Its perfect for a preschool spider theme, during halloween, or when learning early math. The very busy spider extension activities scholastic. Check here for a complete list of books about bugs. Im excited to begin a new series about singing, rhymes and music, starting with some popular nursery rhymes and counting.