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Friday, March 26, 2010

ladybug book for preschoolers to make

With spring coming there are so many wonderful bugs that can be explored. I love to bring in books about bugs and one of my favorites is Eric Carle's "The Grouchy Ladybug" book.


I also love to have my students create their own ladybug book.  Each child is given a red construction paper circle that they can draw dots and other ladybug features. I then ask the children to finish the sentence:

What is your ladybug afraid of?


A Kitten


A Dog


A Spider


A Pencil


A Crab

All the pages were laminated then put together in a little book for our reading center.  This was done over 10 years ago and I kept it for my own collection.   

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10 comments:

  1. UnknownFriday, March 26, 2010 11:48:00 AM

    We love this book in class! :) Every time I read it, though, I lose my voice. I like to make the grouchy ladybug really, really grouchy. :)
    The book idea is really cute!

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  2. UnknownFriday, March 26, 2010 6:04:00 PM

    Too cute! The training I went to this week required each of us to bring in a class made book. I saw some really cute ones! Lamination is always and issue for me, which makes it tough to keep the books for a long time. Love that you kept this one and shared it!

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  3. Marcy FoxFriday, March 26, 2010 10:05:00 PM

    Great idea!

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  4. TiciaFriday, March 26, 2010 11:27:00 PM

    My kids went through a big phase of Grouchy Ladybug, I got to the point I couldn't stand that book.
    However, I love your ladybug activity. I can see why that would be a treasured resource.

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  5. Play for LifeSunday, March 28, 2010 3:02:00 AM

    We too love Eric Carle's books. The Very Hungry Caterpillar" is our personal favourite ... but please don't tell that to the "Grouchy Ladybug"!

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  6. Deborah StewartSunday, March 28, 2010 1:18:00 PM

    LOL! Your secret is safe with me:)

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  7. SHERYL COOPERSunday, March 28, 2010 2:37:00 PM

    What a great idea! Will do this after we get ladybugs from the nursery.

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  8. JenSunday, March 28, 2010 11:57:00 PM

    We have always loved Eric Carle! Some of the very first books that I've read to them and they've read to me were written by him. Now I get to share them again with my new infant! When I was teaching, my students read his books and we wrote letters to him. We've also written our own books with collage style illustrations. I just found your site- came over from one of my favorites- Preschool Playbook.

    Jen
    Creative and Curious Kids!
    http://raisingcreativeandcuriuoskids.blogspot.com

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  9. Valerie @ Inner Child FunMonday, March 29, 2010 3:59:00 PM

    How sweet! My girls love ladybugs! What a great idea!

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  10. ScottWednesday, March 31, 2010 2:24:00 PM

    Fun idea! The other day at the elementary school I saw that a class of first graders had made a large Grouchy Ladybug with 100 spots!

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