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PUNCH LADYBUGS
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LARGE LADYBUGS
| Take the large bug pattern and cut it in
half. |
| Cut out a half ladybug from red paper. |
| Let your children color the head black with
a marking pen. |
| Then, have them make black dots on the body
or glue on black poms. |
| These large half ladybugs can walk across
the top of a bulletin board or make a fun boarder around the
room. |
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FELT BOARD COUNTING GAME
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Using the large bug pattern, cut out a red felt ladybug. |
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Out of black felt, cut out another head and a black thin line
to place down the middle of the ladybug. |
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Next, cut out 12 black felt circles. |
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Lay the red ladybug on a table or place on a
felt board. Place the black head and centerline on the red felt
bug. |
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Then, let your children take turns rolling a
dice and placing that many circles on each side of the ladybug's
red wings. |
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LADYBUG PICTURE
- Cut out 2-3 small ladybug shapes for each of your children
out of red paper.
- Have children color the heads black and add black dots
on the backs with crayons or marking pens.
- Give children a piece of green paper and have them glue
on some green "Easter" grass or have your children
fringe some paper and glue it on.
- Then, have them glue on their small ladybugs crawling
on the grass.
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LADYBUG CONCEPT GAMES
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COLOR - When helping your children make ladybugs, be sure
to point out that the body (or wings) are "red" and
the head and spots are "black". |
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SIZE - Make three ladybugs of different sizes. Have your children
place them in order - from largest to smallest or from smallest
to largest. |
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ALPHABET - Bug starts with the sound and letter "b".
Ladybug starts with the sound and letter "l". Write
out both words for your child to compare. Have them look for
the word bug in the word ladybug. |
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SPACIAL RELATIONS - Buy a small ladybug stamp and find an
old magazine or calendar for this project. Give your child directions
like, "Stamp a ladybug on "top" of the house,
or stamp a ladybug "under" the table".
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LADYBUG POEM
Have your children act out the following rhyme.
LADYBUG WENT OUT TO PLAY
By
Jean Warren
Ladybug, ladybug went out to play.
She crawled on the toys in the yard all day.
She thought that it was so much fun,
She called another ladybug to come.
Two little ladybugs jumping on the hay
Jumped and jumped and jumped all day.
They thought that it was so much fun,
They called another ladybug to come.
Three little ladybugs decided not to stay,
So the three little ladybugs flew away.
No more ladybugs out at play,
I hope they come again someday!
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