Books

“The Very Busy Spider” by Eric Carle
“Butterfly, Butterfly” by Petr Horacek
“In the Tall, Tall Grass” by Denise Fleming
“Can You Make a Scary Face?” by Jan Thomas

Itsy Bitsy Spider

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again

To make this class song more interactive and fun try using a spider puppet or sing it again using “the great big spider.” When using a spider puppet I always tell the children that I’m going to introduce them to a very nice friend of mine. The spider puppet then comes out and is introduced to the children and might even shake hands. The kids get a kick out of this and it helps the children who might otherwise be scared of the puppet.

Spider on the Floor

You can either sing this song or play a recording. I personally use “Spider on the Floor” by Bill & Linda Seaberg. Since this is a longer song I have included the link to the lyrics.
“Spider on the Floor” by Raffi

Spider Web

The spider catches a fly
The spider catches a fly
Hi ho the dairy-o
The spider catches a fly

(repeat with other bugs)

Source: Storytime with Miss Tara

Flutter, Flutter Butterfly (with scarves)

Flutter, flutter butterfly
Floating in the summer sky
Floating by for all to see
Floating by so merrily
Flutter, flutter butterfly
Floating in the summer sky

Shoo Fly (with scarves) by Larry Groce

Pretty Ladybug (Tune: Do You Know the Muffin Man)

Ladybug has 1 black spot, 1 black spot, 1 black spot
Ladybug has 1 black spot, pretty ladybug

(count up to 6)

How it Went: I performed this storytime several times (at the library and out in the community) and changed the books depending on the age group. All ages really enjoyed the spider web flannel board. Each child received 1 bug and brought it to the “spider’s web” when I said there bug.