Our Playful Preschool Series is all about creepy crawlies this week. We hoped you have enjoyed Fall colors , the nighttime, dinosaurs and community helpers so far this month. This week we created a preschool song all about spiders!
Preschool Song and Rhyming Activity
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Why We Chose This Activity
Once again, I’m always looking for ways to build literacy skills based on the interests of my boys.
My boys have been noticing spider webs everywhere lately. Our bushes outside are covered with beautiful creations and our basement has quite a few too!
We decided to take this spider interest and combine it with a rhyming activity. Ever since we read Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas, my boys have been a bit obsessed with rhyming. I highly recommend the book.
Rhyming is a phonological awareness skill that will help your little ones with reading down the road. Singing preschool songs are a great way to develop phonological awareness.
Preparing The Spider Web and Props
Write the song a large piece of paper or on sentence strips. Hang your song chart paper up on a wall or easel near your playing area.
I’m A Hungry Spider (based on the tune “I’m a Little Teapot”)
I’m a hungry spider,
in my web.
Looking for treats that rhyme with _____.
Can you find me a tasty treat?
Put it in my web. Let’s eat!
You will need to print the color cards I’ve created for you. Gather items from around the house or classroom that rhyme with each color word. You could also print clip art to create a rhyming match. We used pink/sink, red/bed, black/sack, green/bean, brown/clown, blue/glue.
CLICK HERE TO PRINT COLOR CARDS AND RHYME TUNE
Create a spider web on a piece a paper. You can add a spider for dramatic effect. You could also make a large spider web on the floor with painter’s tape.
Place your objects in a corner of the room so that your child will have to move to get to them.
Singing and Rhyming
As you sing, fill in the blank with a color card. Each time you repeat the song, replace the blank with another color card.
Have your child identify an object that rhymes with the color word and take that object to the web for each verse.
Continue until you have run out of items.
For another fun literacy activity related to spiders, check out our Letter Flies post to compliment Eric Carle’s The Very Busy Spider.
Keep reading. Visit the links below for more great community helpers activities from the Playful Preschool team!
clarice beresford says
I can’t download the rhyming pictures.
Jodie Rodriguez says
Clarice, I just updated the link and it should be working now. Sorry for the trouble.
Dhammi says
As a teacher first of all I appreciate your ideas you’ve thought not only kids but parents and teachers also. Teaching little kids is easy when we use songs ANd poems..so As a teacher and a parent you’ve done your part well. My congratulations. Thanks.I’m Dhammi from Savants Preschool moronthuduwa Sri Lanka
Jodie Rodriguez says
Thank you so much for commenting and sharing such kind words.
Robert says
The Spider Web –the color cards arf missing when u download. a blank screen. can u send to me?
Jodie Rodriguez says
Should be working now. I uploaded a new file. Sorry for the trouble.
katepickle says
Oh I love this rhyme! I’ve never heard it before but I’m pinning for when I go back to teaching! Thank you!
Amber {Laptime Songs} says
I love this song and activity! Did you make up the words to the song? My girls are always trying to get their 3 year old brother to practice his colors. I think this will be a great non-lecturing way for them to engage with him.
Jodie Rodriguez says
Hi Amber, yes I did write the words to the song. We’ve been having a lot of fun with it. I hope your son enjoys it too!
diana burress says
I love all your literacy ideas! Great job!!
Jodie Rodriguez says
Thank you Diana! I appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment. I love to heard from readers!
Danielle says
Fun song! Great way to work on rhyming words!
Natasha says
I now have my three year old singing She’s a hung spider. It’s very catchy.
Jodie Rodriguez says
It’s been stuck in my head for a week! Enjoy!
Cerys from Rainy Day Mum says
Ohh fun – I love the song and now it’s stuck in my head.
Amanda says
I’m always a fan of writing the words out big so that the kids can sing and read at the same time. What is the pointer they are using?
Jodie Rodriguez says
Amanda, it’s a pointer we made from a craft stick with a large googly eye hot glued to the top. They are so much fun!