Materials
pictures of fireflies and beetles
Instructions
1. Explain to the children that fireflies are not flies at all, but are actually
beetles.
2. Compare fireflies to other types of beetles.
3. Sing the following song about fireflies to the tune of "Did You Ever See a
Lassie?"
Did You Ever See a Lightning Bug?
Did you ever see a lightning bug,
A lightning bug, a lightning bug?
Did you ever see a lightning bug flying in the night?
He goes blink, blink. He goes blink, blink.
Did you ever see a lightning bug flying in the night?
Did you ever catch a lightning bug,
A lightning bug, a lightning bug?
Did you ever catch a lightning bug and put him in a jar?
He goes blink, blink. He goes blink, blink.
Did you ever catch a lightning bug and put him in a jar?
Did you ever let the lightning bug go,
Let the lightning bug go, let the lightning bug go?
Did you ever let the lightning bug go flying in the night?
He goes blink, blink. That's his thanks, thanks.
Did you ever see a lightning bug flying in the night?
