Grasshoppers, Ants and Bees

We finished up our first week of Mother Goose Time's May theme of bugs and crawly things by learning about grasshoppers, ants and bees.  

We read the book of the month.  A new book is included in every monthly box, this months was There are Bugs!  We actually already had a copy of this book and it's great to use when learning about bugs.  On every page there are numerous photos of bugs that are mixed in with cute illustrations.

Elli worked on designing the cover of her my little journal, and also completed the number 9 page.

We read the fable of the ant and the grasshopper.  Elli used the story pieces to retell the story and we talked about working hard.

Elli really liked playing ant colony.  We took turns spinning a spinner and adding the same number of "ants" to our ant hill.  After we each had a turn Elli guessed which one had the most ants, and then we counted to see if she was right.  We played this a bunch of times, she loved dropping the ants into their colony.  I love that she is having so much fun learning math skills

The girls had lots of fun trying to see how far they could jump while pretending to be grasshoppers.  They also worked on jumping to each number while counting.  They were laughing and playing this for a long time until they crashed and smashed their heads together.

Elli loves the invitations to create that come in every monthly box.  She has a great time and will spend long amounts of time working with the different materials to create her own art.  

Elli used play dough and beads to create ant colonies with little ants.

Bingo was definitely the favorite game of the week.  We played it SO many times before Elli was finally ready to move on.  

Elli always has fun making bee hives out of egg cartons.  She also has a little wooden bee set with hives, which was a great addition to the days lesson.