Theme: Insect

Totetude Insect Activities

Totetude suggests the following calendar of carefully-selected activities during the week of the "Insect" theme:

Consult the Recommended Schedule for more detailed information.

The activities in the above recommended calendar will, collectively, require these materials:

	box of crayons	1 per learner
	glue bottle/stick	1 per learner
	pencil	1 per learner
	scissors	1 per learner
	specific letter stamps	approximately 4 per group of 2 learners
	stamp pad/ paint	approximately 1 per group of 2 learners
(Optional)	scrap pieces of colored paper	approximately 4 per learner
(Optional)	small pieces of building materials (Legos, tooth picks, playdough, etc.)	approximately 4 per learner

Name	Author
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears	Leo Dillon
Bugs!	Patricia C. McKissack
Diary of a Fly	Doreen Cronin
Bee & Me: A Mini-Motion Book	Elle J. Mcguinness
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle	Eric Carle
The Beetle Alphabet Book	Jerry Pallotta
Little Ladybug: Finger Puppet Book	Chronicle Books, ImageBooks Staff & Lenz Mulligan Rights & Co-editioins
The Ant and Grasshopper	Rebecca Emberley

beetle butterfly bee grasshopper ladybug mosquito

Name	Artist
Creepy Crawlies	Anne Davies

Name	Artist

Name	Manufacturer

Title	Year	Producer

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Motor Activity
Morning Circle Time	Attendance, Good Morning Song, Calendar with events, Days of the Week Song, Weather discussion, Alphabet Song, Number Song, and Social interaction (game/skill/I.Q.s).
Morning Circle Time
Intelligence Activity
Bloom Activity
Craft Activity
Afternoon circle time	Sight word, Totetude Reflection Journal, and Goodbye Song .
Afternoon circle time	TAC-SW0018 HIS	TAC-SW0018 HIS	TAC-SW0018 HIS	TAC-SW0018 HIS	TAC-SW0018 HIS