Spiders & Nocturnal Animals Lesson Plan

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Theme: Spiders & Nocturnal Animals

Day: 1

Module Activity
Circle Time Spiders
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Circle Time

Review – Start your preschool day with Circle Time and sing the “I Can Sit Down” song (Improvise your tune)

                                                I can sit down as quite as can be.
                                                I can sit down just to look at me.
                                                I can sit down as quite as can be.
                                                I can sit down just to look at me.

Then sing the “Hi There” song. (Improvise your tune) 

                                                Hi there, so glad you came.
                                                Hi there, so glad you came.
                                                Hi there, so glad you came.
                                                One two three let’s shout HOORAY.
                                                Hi there, so glad you’re here.
                                                Hi there, so glad you’re here.
                                                Hi there, so glad you’re here.
                                                One two three let’s give a cheer. Yay

Next do your Special Help activity.

Look at the calendar and sing the “Days of the Week” song. (Tune of the “Adams Family”) 

                                                Well there’s Sunday and there’s Monday,
                                                there’s Tuesday and there’s Wednesday,
                                                there’s Thursday and there’s Friday and then there’s Saturday.
                                                Days of the week. (Clap hands 2 times).
                                                Days of the week. (Clap hands 2 times).
                                                Days of the week. Days of the week. Days of the week. (Clap hands 2 times).

This is a great time to review the days of the week, months of the year and the number of the day. Then check the weather and compare it to your weather dial.

Discussion: Spiders

Let’s talk about spiders! You can have some pictures of different types of spiders, what they look like, the colors they are and the important information of each one of them. You can find some books at the library or print out some pictures with their information and think about which spiders your children would be interested in learning about. Here is a great website with a lot of information about spiders, Tooter4Kids. All you need to do is click on the spider picture to get the information you’d like.

Talk about how many eyes they have, how many legs they have, where they live (you may want to have a map showing where you live and where the different spiders live), the colors they are.

Something else that I have found that is very fun to do with children is to go outside and look for spider webs. Talk to them about where they think they would find webs, how spiders spin webs and then head outside to look for some.