Circle Time - we talked about the parts of a spider and how they are different from insects. We also talked about how they create their webs and about their spinnerets (organ on the backside of a spider that created their silk).
I had the kiddos draw an anatomically correct spider on their white boards.
Plate Webs - Using a paper plate and yarn, the kiddos wove their own webs. Once they got their webs created, we used the classroom plastic insects (and then later a cotton ball to take home) to wrap up with web (yarn) to get stuck in our web.
They turned out really cute and were fun to create!
Snack - For snack today we created webs from cooked spaghetti noodles and spiders from black olives. A little goofy, but fun. The kiddos loved eating the pasta.
Sticky Spider Web - I created, for the kiddos, a sticky web (masking tape) to get insects (paper balls) stuck in. They had a blast throwing the paper into our web.
We talked about how spiders spin sticky strands and dry strands into their webs and they remember which is which so they don't get caught in their own web.
They also secrete a smidge of oil on their "feet" that makes the going easier as well. So we tried that out. We dipped our fingers in oil and .... sure enough! It worked! Our fingers did not stick to our web!
Backyard Spider Hunt - We found plenty of spiders in the yard. But we didn't want to disturb any of their webs. Can you see the spider hiding in his web below?
Yarn Web - I brought yarn out into the backyard with the idea of creating large yarn webs. But the kiddos were happy just to run around and play. This little guy had a blast simply cutting yarn pieces.
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