Overheard while "dissecting" spiders...
"Ewww, it's cold!"
"Gross!"
"Look! I did it!"
"I found the eyeball!"
"Me too!"
"Why are spiders so slimy?"
"Mine broke apart, look!"
"It's squishy!"
We had such a great time learning and playing with spiders. We learned that spiders have eight legs, spin webs, and many eat the bugs they trap in their webs. We painted spiders and even "dissected" a spider. The class also enjoyed singing, "The Itsy Bitsy Spider," while playing with spiders and water spouts in the sensory table. We enjoyed a very creative snack of spiders and spider eggs. It was a huge hit! The children used paper towel rolls cut like spiders to stamp as many spiders on to their paper as they liked. Then they added eyes to complete the project. Next, we engaged in a fun science/sensory invitation to play. The children were each given a tray with a block of gelatin that had "spider parts" (pompom, pipe cleaner legs, and eyes) embedded in it. They could use their fingers or a large tweezer to free the spider parts from the gelatin. I was pleasantly surprised that after a few messy sensory activities that not every one was into, all of the children thought this was great fun! Overheard while "dissecting" spiders... "Ewww, it's cold!" "Gross!" "Look! I did it!" "I found the eyeball!" "Me too!" "Why are spiders so slimy?" "Mine broke apart, look!" "It's squishy!" We learned so much with this playful activity. Skills touched on were fine motor, sensory integration, counting, language development, vocabulary expansion, social interaction, role play (we were scientists), personal space boundaries, hand eye coordination, risk taking, cause and effect, trial and error, following multi-step directions, and the list goes on. I have already seen so much growth in the class as a whole. Thank you for sharing your little ones with me each week! Looking forward to more fun on Friday.
Mrgaret
10/12/2017 08:01:16 am
Your pictures are priceless.Love the looks of disgust,wonder,awe and joy.
Kristen
10/12/2017 08:04:17 am
Thanks! We have a lot of fun together. Comments are closed.
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