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Eric Carle Books: The Very Busy Spider

June 9, 2014 • 8 Comments

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Eric Carle is a beloved author with many books.  One of those favorite books is The Very Busy Spider. The Very Busy Spider preschool activity is wonderful to use after enjoying the story to build letter recognition.

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Eric Carle books fill our house.  The two that get read the most are The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Busy Spider.  Today we want to highlight my little guy’s favorite Carle book, The Very Busy Spider.

The Very Busy Spider Book and Preschool Activity

The Book

The Very Busy Spider is the story of a spider who busily spins her web as the other animals stop and ask her to do something else.  At the end of the story, she catches a fly in her web and settles in for a good night’s rest after a busy day.  The story is simple and repetitive which appeals to young readers.  And, Carle’s classic collage illustrations are featured once again in this book.   Children will also enjoy touching the raised web on each spread of pages.

The Very Busy Spider Preschool Activity

Letter Flies Game to compliment Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider book from growingbookbybook.com

We decided to create an outdoor spider web and catch letter flies.

On the garage door we created a spider web with painters tape.

Then we brought out our favorite magnetic alphabet letters and laid them out on the ground.

leter fly spider web game to compliment Eric Carle's The Very Busy Spider from growingbookbybook.com

I took turns calling out a letter for my youngest son and saying a sound for my older son.  They would find the correct letter and “fly” it to the web.  Since the garage door is magnetic, the letters get “stuck” in the web.

The boys had so much fun running around and flying the letter flies to the web.

Simple, easy and fun!

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Capture by Lucy says

    June 10, 2014 at 8:31 am

    This is fabulous! I’d never have thought to use the garage door! #pintorials

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    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      June 10, 2014 at 2:22 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Cerys from Rainy Day Mum says

    June 9, 2014 at 10:59 am

    Fantastic idea – will have a go with this and may try some sight words as well with my oldest he will love it.

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    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      June 10, 2014 at 2:23 pm

      Sight words would be great for this Cerys.

      Reply

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