Love bugs

Genevieve has suddenly developed a fear of bugs so this week we talked about love bugs.

In Music Makers, we've been practicing a rhyme about a Love Bug and "Won't You Bee my Valentine.". She's also been listening to some bug songs on ABC mouse.

We read a lot of bug books this week.  The Eric Carle collection includes The Grouchy Ladybug, The Very Busy Spider, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Lonely Firefly, The Very Quiet Cricket and The Very Clumsy Click Beetle.  We read The Ant and the Grasshopper from Jerry Pinkney's collection of Aesop's fables.  Denise Fleming's Beetle Bop was fun and had a nice couple of sentences about beetles. We also read a counting favorite, Miss Spider's Tea Party.

We read a few Valentine's day books, like Heart to Heart about friendship and Crankenstein Valentine which is nice if your little one isn't interested in Valentine's Day.  Genevieve also enjoys the Pout Pout Fish about a fish that discovers his face is actually for kissing.

Genevieve made love bugs with paper hearts, pom poms and clothes pins.  She used her magnifying glass while searching for bugs.  We also matched different animals to their homes, including bees, spiders and other bugs.  For Valentine's day, she made heart pizza with her dad and heart necklaces with friends.  She went to a friend's house where they used canvases and stamps to create their own Valentine's day art.

As a side note, she found a robot canvas at Target and painted that too.