Materials
farm-related books
farm clothes, such as overalls, boots, straw hats, and gloves
play barn
plastic farm animals
magazines with pictures of farm animals
mural paper
glue
Instructions
* Make several "insects" using sections of wrapping paper rolls for their bodies
and string for their legs.
* Collect several matching shoes. Place left shoes on one side of the insect and
right shoes on the other.
What to Do
1. Talk with the children about insects. Show the children images of insects and
invite them to count the feet they see. Explain that all insects have six legs and
therefore have six feet.
2. Set out the "insect" and show the children its six legs and feet.
3. Challenge the children to make a pattern with the shoes on the insect's right
feet and then to match the pattern on the insect's left feet.
Poem
Quick Little Insect by Kristen Peters
A little insect is very fast. He'll be gone before you blink.
Don't blink your eyes; he'll run right past. His movement is a constant flow.
With tiny legs that run in sync. Here's his head and here's his toe!
Teacher - to - Teacher Tip
* Make your own insect images using different-colored ink pads. Have the
children draw the body and then use thumbprints to make the insect's six legs.
Assessment
Consider the following:
* Do the children understand how many legs an insect has?
* Are the children able to create the correct pattern with the shoes?
