Insect Storytime

• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold
• I Love Bugs! by Emma Dodd
• What the Ladybug Heard by Julia Donaldson, Illus. by Lydia Monks
• Beetle Bop by Denise Fleming
• Bugs Galore by Peter Stein, Illus. by Bob Staake
• I Love Bugs! by Philomeon Sturges, Illus. by Shari Halpern
• Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas (ladybug)

Songs:

Bug Song


(sung to the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know It")


Oh, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "creepy-creepy-crawly" down your hall and up your "wall-y!"


Oh, I wish I were an eensy-weensy spider.
*Clap Clap* (clap hands twice)

Oh, I wish I were a yellow honeybee.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish i were a yellow honeybee.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "buzzy-buzzy-buzzy" and my stripes would all be fuzzy!


Oh, I wish I were a yellow honeybee.
*2 claps, 2 stomps* (stomp feet twice)


Oh, I wish I were a wiggly caterpillar.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish I were a wiggly caterpillar.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "munchy-munchy-munchy." All the leaves would be my "lunch-y"!


Oh, I wish i were a wiggly caterpillar.
*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click* (2 clicks with tongue)


Oh, I wish I were a small red army ant.
*clap, clap*


Yes, i wish i were a small red army ant.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "trompy-trompy-trompy" over hills and through the
"swamp-y"!


Oh, I wish i were a small red army ant.
*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click, jump, jump*


Oh, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.
*clap, clap*


Yes, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.
*clap, clap*


I'd go "bitey-bitey-bitey" when you went outside at "night- y"!


Oh, I wish i were a hungry little skeeter.
*clap, clap, stomp, stomp, click, click, jump, jump, Shhhh, Shhhh!!


The End!
From Perpetual Preschool

The Buggy Wuggy
Tune: Hokey Pokey

(right arm bent)
You put your right wing in,
You put your right wing out,
You put your right wing in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(left arm bent)
You put your left wing in,
You put your left wing out,
You put your left wing in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(head)
You put your head in,
You put your head out,
You put your head in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(two fingers on top of head)
You put your antennae in,
You put your antennae out,
You put your antennae in,
Then you shake them all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.


(body)
"an external supportive covering of an animal such as an arthropod"
You put your exoskeleton in,
You put your exoskeleton out,
You put your exoskeleton in,
Then you shake it all about.
You do the Buggy Wuggy
And you turn yourself around.
That's what it's all about.

From Mrs. Jones' Room