Saturday, September 29, 2012

An Enchanted Childhood Playschool ~ The Very Busy Spider


This week we read The Very Busy Spider (Board Book), again by Eric Carle.  We discussed that spiders have eight legs and are NOT insects, but arachnids.  We sang (of course) The Itsy Bitsy Spider.  In addition, we read Up, Up, and Away, a sweet book about the life cycle of spiders.


Monday we did a cute "lacing" project.. it was a lot of fun!




The turned out better than I expected.
Idea for this project came from here!

Not so on Wednesday, though...

At 6:30am, I (NanaKerri) used glue to make spiderwebs on NINE sheets of cardstock. The wet, white webs promised to look great when they dried (and they did).  But guess what... 10:00 came.. time for Art... webs still wet. Really? So with the kids finishing their snacks and expecting "a project" as they like to say, we desperately searched our minds and the craft closet for a solution... brown and black paints applied with q-tips and cotton balls.. (desperate, I tell ya!) The big secret is to act like you know what you are doing!







And since they have eight legs, they are SPIDERS, not ticks like they look like haha!

Thursday we painted wooden spiders I bought at Joann's.... see if you see the problem with these sweet little spiders... but after spending $5 on them I was NOT throwing them out...




Finally Friday, we were able to paint the "glue" spider webs (which had taken over 12 hours to dry).
As the paint dries, the web shows up more and more.  We added a fingerprint spider to each web!






Despite the additional Circle Time, Table Time, and CreativeTime, we still make time to go outside for 1-1.5 hours each morning.  The garden is still a favorite place to visit.  Poppaw John has a 2nd planting of carrots ready for the children, with a third planting just coming up now.



 The boys beg for kale.. really!





So another week has flown by.  It was a good week...
full of fun, with a few minor frustrations, plenty of playful learning, and good outside time!


*The books we read are linked to Amazon, where if purchased through the link, I receive a small fee (So far never have, but maybe someday! lol)


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15 comments:

  1. Coombe Mill - FionaSeptember 30, 2012 at 7:42 PM

    Loving those spiders and webs, I reckon they would have looked fab all hung up outside too! I have serious carrot envy, none of mine made it yet yours look wonderful. Such a great way to discover veg for the children.

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  2. MaryAnneOctober 1, 2012 at 12:33 PM

    Great improvising! The webs are a very cool effect, once dry!

    Spiders with ten legs, wow! :)

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    1. HannahWOctober 1, 2012 at 1:03 PM

      Thank you and YES TEN legs... what???? I even tried cutting them off but neither the scissrs nor the little sharp pliers would work. grrrr.....

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  3. AnonymousOctober 1, 2012 at 2:20 PM

    Great spider theme! I especially love your web painting! We may nab it for halloween!

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  4. JennyOctober 3, 2012 at 11:05 PM

    I love all of the spider ideas. I'm going to include the plate idea and glue web idea next week when we do spiders.

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  5. JessicaOctober 4, 2012 at 10:14 AM

    What fun projects and great pics! I think my 2 1/2 yr old would like these :) Stopping by from the Super Link Party :)

    Jessica
    http://jessica-healthymommyhealthybaby.blogspot.com/

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  6. CarrieOctober 4, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    Oh, what fun!! I love your improvising! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!

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  7. SnoopyGirlOctober 5, 2012 at 12:29 PM

    What a bunch of wonderful activities! And great rolling with the punches on the craft. My big sister kindergarten teacher is fond of saying, "Smile and fake it!" LOL!

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  8. AnonymousOctober 5, 2012 at 6:51 PM

    I love all of your spider ideas! You did a great job of thinking on your feet. Thank you so much for linking to Read.Explore.Learn. I am going to share this post on the Read.Explore.Learn Facebook page tonight.

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  9. SaraOctober 5, 2012 at 7:20 PM

    Love the spider paper plate project

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  10. Earning-My-CapeOctober 6, 2012 at 7:17 PM

    What fun activities! Thanks for sharing with my Super Link Party! :-)

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  11. Charlene JulianiOctober 7, 2012 at 10:00 AM

    Great spider theme (and I hate spiders!)...and what is up with those spider legs??? Weird!

    Thanks for sharing on Hey Mom, Look What I Did at Adventures In Mommy Land!!

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  12. RedTedArtOctober 8, 2012 at 7:13 AM

    Ooh I love that paper plate spider's net. What a great idea.

    Thanks for sharing on Kids Get Crafty.

    Maggy

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  13. HannahWOctober 9, 2012 at 1:26 PM

    Thank you!

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  14. Beth (www.livinglifeintentionally.blogspot.com)October 10, 2012 at 1:56 PM

    What a CLEVER craft for the Very Busy Spider! Love it!


    Thanks for linking up to TGIF! Have a great week and I look forward to seeing you linked up again on Friday,
    Beth =-)

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