The Grasshopper and the Ants

Day 3 of this months Mother Goose Time theme brought us the fable of The Grasshopper and the Ants.  We talked about the different jobs the girls have around the house and sang "The Working Ants" to the tune of "The Muffin Man."

Do you know the working ants,

The working ants,

The working ants.

Do you know the working ants,

They work from day to night.

I taped a circle on the floor and the girls tried to see how many blocks they could carry around the path.  Then we listened to the story on the CD while following along in the book.

We talked about how a straight line is the shortest route between an ants nest and food.  The girls played with cars on the taped circle and then they practiced walking their fingers up and down the provided letter A reversible letter flag and then they made ink prints on the letter a printout.

Next we went outside and caught grasshoppers and talked about what they might eat.  The girls used the provided corn and counting cards to feed their paper ants and grasshoppers the corresponding number of corn.  Elli just used the numbers 1-4 as a simplification and Addie worked on adding 2 and 3 numbers together to feed her insects.  Mother Goose Time works great with multiple ages because the activities can be made more simple or more challenging depending on each child's ability.

When we were outside we watched grasshoppers, which we have tons of in our yard,  jump and move.  After we came back in the girls practiced moving their legs in different ways and then they hopped on 1 and 2 feet along the taped path.  They also practiced jumping over it and seeing how long and high they could jump.

jumping like grasshoppers

We read Frederick and then Addie completed her more math and reading workbooks while Elli completed her tray play activity from the Little Goose book.

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