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Big List of The Very Busy Spider Activities

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Eric Carle is a well-loved author of children’s books for toddlers and preschoolers. There are so many favorite books of his including The Very Busy Spider.  Below are some fun The Very Busy Spider activities to do after enjoying the story.

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The Very Busy Spider Book

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Eric Carle is a beloved author of many wonderful toddler and preschool books.  The Very Busy Spideris a great pick for fall or anytime of the year.

Spider is too busy to do anything else except to build his web. Then when it is finished, he’s too tired to do anything else.

The Very Busy Spider Activities

ABC ACTIVITIES

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

Letter Flies in the Web Activity

Stick the letter flies in the spider web to practice letter recognition and letter sounds.

Weaving a Spider Web

Fun Learning for Kids shares a weaving activity to work on letter recognition.

Do Dot Letters

Living Montessori Now shares a letter S and T for spider and tarantula Do Dot letter printables.

W is for Web

This craft activity from School Time Snippets works on recognition of the letter W as well as fine motor skills.

Sticky Letter Wall

Have you ever tried a sticky wall with the kids?  Here’s a fun activity to work on letter matching.

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS ACTIVITIES

Preschool Songs: A spider song to work on rhyming words from groiwngbookbybook.com

“I’m a Hungry Spider”

Sing a spider-themed song and the complete the hands-on rhyming activity.

spiders in the web activity

Spider Web Segmenting

Practice segmenting phonemes with this hands-on activity.

WORKING WORDS/BUILDING YOUR NAME

Weaving Word Web

Playground Parkbench shares a weaving web activity that kids can then use to hold a word they build.  This would be great for working with learning to spell your name.

Name Webs

Speaking on spider web names, Rainy Day Mum has an idea for name writing practice.

Web Sensory Bin

Messy Little Monster has a sensory bin that also serves as a name building activity.

Spider Name Cover Up

Early Learning Ideas uses plastic little spiders for a name cover-up activity.

WRITING

Chalkboard Webs

Kids can practice writing letters, their name, or sight words on these chalkboard webs from Sunny Day Family.

FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS

Spider Snack

Using an idea from Primary Playground, kids can make a spider snack using simple decorations.

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Enjoy these The Very Busy Spider activities with the kids.

 

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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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