Resources for our 3-Year-Old Students
Little Bunny Activities and Resources:
We love Pete the Cat books because of the positive messages for coping with every day challenges.
In addition to continuing our Pete the Cat learning, we will also discuss Shavuot, "The Feast of the Weeks" which is this Thursday, May 28.
This holiday celebrates the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai.
Books
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"Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons"
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"Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses"
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Crafts & Snacks
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Pete the Cat and his White Shoes animal prints
If you have plastic animals (cat, lion tiger), dip them in paint and dot their paws on paper. Like Pete's shoes you can use white, red, blue, and brown paint. Have a bowl of water ready for clean up! |
Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons
If you have pipe cleaners and buttons, lace the pipe cleaner through the button. Twirl the pipe cleaner around your finger and slide off. It makes the button look like its going to pop off Pete's shirt! |
Nature Walk
If you made Pete the Cat Magic Sunglasses (or wear your own) take a walk outside and see what gives you a positive attitude, what makes you happy. With help, make a list or draw pictures. |
Pete the Cat Pizza
Rice cake Nutella - "mud" Strawberries Blueberries Whipped cream - "white shoes" |
Celebrate Shavuot!
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Mount Sinai Muffins
2 cups all-purpose flour 3 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 3/4 cup sugar (white or natural cane) 1 egg 1 cup milk (cow, soy, or rice) 1/4 cup canola oil (optional) 1 cup of raisins, dates, berries, chocolate chips, nuts, etc. Raisins (grapes) and dates. Mountain topping:
Snowy (marshmallow fluff or frosting) Rocky (cookies ‘n’ cream frosting) Earthy (chocolate frosting or sauce with sprinkles or thin slices of Twizzler as flowers) Verdant (green-tinted cream cheese with flowers as above, green coconut at base) Tablets: Use two pieces of one of the following: white Jordan almonds, blanched almonds, graham cracker rectangles, Milano cookies, trimmed bread sticks, rectangles from a Hershey bar (or two fun-size Hershey bars), cut pieces of jicama or carrot, mini-Fig Newtons, jelly beans, or marshmallows. |
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
1. Grease muffin pan or use liners or silicone pans. (Or, try mini-bundt cupcake tins for bumpy mountains. There will be no need to invert these, just let them cool completely and fill the center with frosting.) 2. Stir dry ingredients together. 3. In a separate bowl, stir wet ingredients together. 4. Add wet to dry and stir quickly with fork just until moistened. Batter will be lumpy. 5. Fill cups 2/3 full and quickly put into oven. 6. Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden. 7. Remove from pan immediately. 8. Cool completely before frosting or decorating. 
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A craft for Shavuot:
You can have your children make a flower head piece by stringing together either real flowers or paper flowers 🌺
You can have your children make a flower head piece by stringing together either real flowers or paper flowers 🌺
Dancing Dino Activities and Resources:
We’re excited for another week of Zooming adventures! This week we will explore…insects!
Insects are invertebrates (they do not have backbones). They have three parts to their bodies: the head, the abdomen and the thorax. They have two antennae on their head and six legs. Insects are cold-blooded.
We’re excited for another week of Zooming adventures! This week we will explore…insects!
Insects are invertebrates (they do not have backbones). They have three parts to their bodies: the head, the abdomen and the thorax. They have two antennae on their head and six legs. Insects are cold-blooded.
Insect Crafts…
Insect Rocks
Rocks and stones of various sizes Paint Googly eyes Glue Paint a rock your favorite colors and glue on googly eyes or draw eyes on with markers. Don’t forget to name your new insect! |
Build a Bug
Shapes cut out from construction paper for bodies and head Skinny strips of paper for legs, antennae, stripes and mouths Glue Experiment with different shapes (can you name them?) and color combinations to create your own bug. |
Beautiful Butterfly Collage Art: A fun process art activity!
Random items you have around your house (buttons, sequins, gems, stickers,
even tiny scraps of paper or paper dots from a hole punch.)
Divided tray or cups to separate like items.
Construction paper
Glue
Decorate your butterfly by placing small pieces (use those fine motor skills!) on the butterfly and gluing them down.
Or try using items from nature…
Collect outside nature items- flower petals, grass, small sticks, etc.
Cut the shape of a butterfly out of construction
Random items you have around your house (buttons, sequins, gems, stickers,
even tiny scraps of paper or paper dots from a hole punch.)
Divided tray or cups to separate like items.
Construction paper
Glue
Decorate your butterfly by placing small pieces (use those fine motor skills!) on the butterfly and gluing them down.
Or try using items from nature…
Collect outside nature items- flower petals, grass, small sticks, etc.
Cut the shape of a butterfly out of construction
Ladybug Paper Plate
Paper plate Red paint Black Paint Black and white construction paper Paint a paper plate red. Add black dots to your ladybug - you can finger paint or glue cut out black circles. Use the black and white construction paper to make a face and legs. |
Egg Carton Caterpillar
Egg carton Paint Construction paper Glue Paint the egg carton your favorite color. Use shapes cut from construction paper and glue to make a face for your caterpillar. If you have pipe cleaner, you can use it for antennae. |
Insect Counting Book
Print the mini book here. Color the insects as you count them!
Print the mini book here. Color the insects as you count them!
Insects and Science…
Secret Insects
White paper White crayon Watercolor paint With your white crayon, use pressure to draw an insect on the paper. Watercolor the paper and see what appears! |
Sensory Bin
Spaghetti noodles (cooked and dyed green to look like grass - or plain if you don't have food dye) Pasta to resemble bugs: Rotini, Farfalle, Shells, Penne Cups for sorting Place dried pasta in sensory bin with cooked spaghetti. Use tongs, tweezers or spoons to pick up the pasta and see how many "bugs" you can find. Sort into different cups. |
Bug Scavenger Hunt
Print out the Bug Scavenger Hunt printable here and see how many bugs you can find outside.
Print out the Bug Scavenger Hunt printable here and see how many bugs you can find outside.
Ladybug Slime
5 oz bottle of glue 1/2 cup water 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 Tbsp contact solution Red food coloring Black beads |
In a bowl, pour the entire 5 oz bottle of glue.
Add the 1/2 cup of water. Add the 1/2 tsp of baking soda and stir. Add the red food coloring and black beads and continue to stir. Finally, add the tablespoon of contact solution. Mix the solution in the bowl. Then take slime out of bowl and knead until no longer sticky. Enjoy your slime! |
Game Time…
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Insect Grid Game
“Grid Game” printable. Dice Small items to cover insects on grid - coins, buttons, etc. Print out the “Grid Game” activity here. Roll the dice. Cover the number of insects that corresponds to the number rolled. The player to cover all of the insects on their grid first is the winner! |
Squish the Bug Alphabet Game
Use sidewalk chalk outside and draw bugs with large circles for the body. Write a letter in the circles. Have someone call out a letter. Run to that “bug” and “squish” it! |
Insect Treats…
Dragonfly Veggies: Wings: (Cucumber or pepper slices make great “wings” ) Body: (Carrot stick, celery, String bean, sweetcorn, cheese, grapes.) Anything works! Eyes (Icing pen, mini chocolate chips) |
Cucumber Caterpillar. Cucumber or cheese cut in circles Raisins or chocolate chips for eyes Peppers for legs (or pretzel sticks) String bean for grass Corn for sun Slice up your cucumber and arrange! |
Ants on a Log
This classic never goes out of style! Slice celery stalks into three or four inch pieces Spread peanut butter inside the celery stalks. Sprinkle raisins on the peanut butter. Yummy! |
Little Wing Activities and Resources:
Here are some ideas and activities to do for our week of insects!
Here are some ideas and activities to do for our week of insects!
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What’s is an insect?
An insect has 6 legs, 3 body parts and antennae. Insects do not always have wings. List 3 types of insects. What can insects do?
Make a list of why insects are important to us? Where do insects live?
Look for insects in your yard. What are they doing? Read books such as The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Grouchy Ladybug, and The Very Quiet Cricket!
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Insect scavenger hunt
Click here to download a bug scavenger hunt checklist and then go outside and see how many you can find! Parts of an insect
Using play doh, create an insect making sure to include the different body parts we talked about. Think about an insect you want to learn more about.
Look for them on walks, research them with a parent, and draw a picture of them. Make a list to describe your favorite insect
What ARE they? What do they HAVE? |
Zoo Crew Activities and Resources:
Butterflies, bees, ants, grasshoppers, crickets, ladybugs.... pick your favorites because it's a week of insects!
Butterflies, bees, ants, grasshoppers, crickets, ladybugs.... pick your favorites because it's a week of insects!
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1. Banana butterfly feeder:
Plastic container lids, ribbon or string, beads, hole punch, over ripe bananas, strawberries or orange slices. Punch four holes in the container lid. The holes should be evenly spaced apart. Then tie a piece of string or ribbon through each hole. Once that is ready, start putting beads through the string. Once they finish putting on the beads, bring all the ends to the top and tie them together to a branch outside with the fruit and watch to see what happens! 2. Ladybug rocks: Find rocks of varying sizes, paint them red (or any color) and then paint black spots and eyes. scatter them throughout your yard. 3. Q-tip dragonfly or butterfly painting: Using card stock or construction paper, cut out the shape of a dragonfly or butterfly, dip Q-tips into different colored paints to create your colorful bug. 4. Ants eat what?: Discuss what you think ants like to eat (a raisin, piece of fruit, peanut butter, piece of a cookie...) and then place the items outside near some ants and observe what happens. Which food did they like the best and why? Did they work together to carry the piece of food? Where are they carrying the food? What shape do the ants walk in? Where are they going? 5. Bug AirBnB: Using a 2 liter plastic bottle, cut off the top and bottom so that both ends are open like a cylinder. Together, gather up pieces of bark, dried leaves, pine cones, sticks, twigs, plant stems, pieces of cardboard. Arrange and stuff them inside the plastic bottle making it very cozy. Place it in your yard and leave it there for a week to see who might decide to live in it! 6. Insect investigator: predict and make a list of which bugs you can find in your back/front yard or neighborhood. then go on an investigation outside to see if your predictions were right. Did you find a praying mantis, butterfly, ladybug, bee, fly, caterpillar....? |
7. Who am I? game:
Think of 5 -6 (or more!) insects, write down or say ONE clue about it and see if someone else can guess what insect it is. For example; I am red and have spots (ladybug), I buzz from flower to flower (bumblebee), I hop and jump (cricket, grasshopper) I blink my lights at night (firefly), I flutter my wings (butterfly)..... then switch roles. 8. I'm a bug because: I have six legs and three major body parts: the head, thorax and abdomen. The head includes the eyes, antennae, and mouth. The thorax, which separates the head from the abdomen, is where the insects wings and legs are attached. Using play dough, create bugs with pipe cleaners (legs and antenna), buttons and pompoms for other parts of the bug... OR Form an Insect: Place three people single file facing in the same direction. Have the first person use their index fingers to form antennae by their forehead. The two people in back should each put their hands on the shoulders of the person in front of them. Viola! With three body parts, six legs, and antennae, you've just created an insect! Is this a fast or slow moving bug? Does it hop, jump or crawl?😄 9. Bug Head Bands :Cut out a colored strip of construction paper for the headband. Cut and glue on big eyes. Glue or staple pipe cleaners for the antenna and pompoms for the top of the antenna. decorate with stickers, glitter or color with markers and crayons. 10. Insect edibles:
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