The Very Busy Spider

We started the day reading The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle.

After reading I tested my boys' reading comprehension and asked them to name as many animals in the book as they could remember. They did pretty good!

We talked a bit about the anatomy of spiders and did some counting of spider legs.

We made spiders out of egg cartons and pipe cleaners.

We made a web out of masking tape and put flies on them that we printed and cutout from the computer.

We did some counting and addition and subtraction with the flies.

Kaden was disappointed when I told him we didn't have the things to make a spider snack, so he said he was going to figure something out. He used marshmallows, peanuts and fiber one cereal. So creative! I'm glad I don't always have the "right" things for projects. It makes us have to think outside the box.

We can't wait to learn more about spiders this week!