Preschool Play Camp: "Bug Safari"

Camp was so much fun today!

• We read these books:

BIG BUG SURPRISE by Julia Gran
ONE HUNDRED SHOES by Charles Ghigna
WE'RE GOING ON A NATURE HUNT by Steve Metzger
OVER IN THE GARDEN by Jennifer Ward
THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLAR by Eric Carle

• We searched the backyard playground for any creepy crawlies we could find! We caught them with our bug catchers, looked at them a while and then let them go.

• We heard songs and rhymes about insects during circle time with Ms. Steph. We talked about bugs, spiders, worms, bees, caterpillars and butterflies.

• We made our own "bugs" for a snack from crackers, cream cheese, peanut butter, pretzels and raisins.

• We hunted for bugs in the sensory table.

• We pretended to be bugs crawling on the ground and flying around.

• We played a bug toss game into the spiderweb (parachute).

• We looked at closeup photographs of insects from the National Geographic Society.

• We used fly swatters to make splatter art!

NEXT PRESCHOOL PLAY CAMP: July 20 "Letters All Around"