Spiders
Books
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Interactive Book – Could make a spider book that shows Up, Down, In and Out
Songs
Itsy-Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider
Went up the waterspout.
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out.
Up came the sun
And dried up all the rain.
The itsy bitsy spider
Went up the spout again
Finger Play/Hand Activity
The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy, bitsy spider, climbed up the water spout.(use fingers to climb like a spider up the spout)
Down came the rain and washed the spider out. (have finger sprinkle down like rain, then use crossing
arms to show out)
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain,(make a circle with hands and raise up the sun)
So the itsy, bitsy spider went up the spout again (use finger spiders to climb back up the spout)
Sensory
Centers
Sensory Table Fun Water Spiders…
~Put out a tub of water with rubber/plastic spiders floating in the water. The children have fun trying to
catch these water spiders.
~Also put out spider webbing form store and hide spiders in it
Activity
Spider counting cards https://app.box.com/shared/static/eg88y29058cngkr59w7n.pdf
Spiders
Art Projects
Web Painting
Help your preschoolers create a spider web using a marble, black
paint, baking pan with tall sides, light-colored construction paper
and spider stickers. Cut a piece of light-colored construction paper
and put it in the bottom of the pan. Let a student hold the pan
while you drop a paint-covered marble in it. Show her how to tilt the
pan back and forth, making the marble roll over the paper. This creates a spider web. After the paint
dries, place a black spider sticker in the middle of the web. Instead of the sticker, you can glue a small,
black plastic spider to the web. Black, plastic spiders are available online and at many retail stores,
especially around Halloween.
Handprint Spiders…
Fold a half piece of black construction paper in half. (It will look like 1/4
size). Help the children trace their hand and four fingers–not the thumbalong the fold. When cut out and opened, you will see the four fingers have
now made 8 legs. Add reinforcement sticker eyes and you are all set. These are
cute. You may need to play around with them for a little bit if you haven’t
done them before. Make sure the fingers aren’t too “skinny”–they need to be full to
make a cute spider. Last year we made a bulletin board display of
these by making a large web with yarn and taping the spiders onto the yarn.
Paper Plate Spider 1
You will need:
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Black paper plates (optional: white plates that the children paint black)
Paintbrush if you are having children paint white plates
Googly eyes
Black 1 x 12-inch strips of construction paper
Glue (or stapler)
Hole punch
String
1. If you are having children paint white plates with black paint you will want to do this first. Once the
plates are dry you may move to the next step.
2. If you are using black plates, then you will want to start with this step. Give the children a pair of googly
eyes to glue onto their spider.
3. Show the children how to fold eight 1 x 12 inch black strips of construction paper accordion style.
These will be the spider's legs of course.
4. Have the children glue (or staple) the eight legs onto their spider.
5. Use the hole punch to make a hole and attach a piece of string to the spiders so you can hang them
from the ceiling.
Spiders
Plate Spiders 2
Spider Prints…
Cut 8 skinny slits in toilet paper rolls part way up the sides and bend them out a little. Let the kids grab the
rolls and dip them into black paint. Press the leg slit end onto the paper to make spider prints!! Glue eyes
on them and they are really cute!!!
Spider Hat
You will need:
Black paper plate, Scissors, Black strips of construction paper approximately 1 x
8-inches, Stapler, Glue, Googly eyes
1. Cut the middle section of the plate out to fit each child's head.
2. Fold the eight legs accordion style and staple four legs to each side of the plate.
3. Glue the googly eyes on the plate.
Make a Spider Headband
The children will enjoy their dramatic movement about spiders much better when they
are wearing their very own spider headband.
1. Begin by cutting a black paper strip to fit around the child's head. Staple the band
closed. Place tape over the staples to avoid scratches and the pulling of hair.
2. Give each child eight strips of black construction paper (3/4" by 12") and show
them how to accordion-fold these. Glue four on each side of the headband.
3. Each child can design facial features for the front of the headband by using one of
these art materials; construction paper, colored glue (dries colored, shiny, and textured) or
dimensional paints.
4. Attach this spider face to the front of the headband with school glue.
Spiders
http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha3_spider_c.htm
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http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha_tracers_zb1/s3.htm
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http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha1/s.htm
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http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha2/s1_nt.htm
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http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha2/s2_nt.htm
Spiders
http://www.first-school.ws/t/preschool-mazes/spider.htm