Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi is one of my favorite bug books. (In fact, I've written about it before, but wanted to share how we used it this time around!) It has simple text, delightful illustrations, and inspires us to get outside and find some bugs! My classes this year (especially the afternoon class) have been super interested in finding bugs outside, and it has been fun to dig a little deeper into this topic.
Read-Aloud Tips: There are so many little details in the illustrations of this book, and it can be fun to take the time to notice things like what shapes did the illustrator use to create the bug? or how many of this type of bug can you find on the page? There are also fun movement words throughout the book that you can act out, like rolling up like a pill bug or crawling like a caterpillar.
Connecting Activity: Bug Art
We used bright colored paint and various materials to stamp and paint different shapes onto the paper.
This was a fun process, and it didn't matter if your shapes looked like bugs or not because then we pulled out the googly eyes and those brought the process to like. They also remind me of the big bug eyes in the illustrations of the book.
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