Bugs, Bugs, Bugs: 21 Songs and Over 250 Activities for Young Children (Pam Schiller Book/CD Series) - Softcover

Schiller, Pam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0876590202 ISBN 13: 9780876590201

Publisher: Gryphon House, 2006

Synopsis

From "Baby Bumblebee" to "The Ants Go Marching," children will sing and learn about the insects they encounter in their own backyards. The enclosed CD features 21 fun songs-old favorites and originals-and the book offers more than 250 activities that help children appreciate the wonderful world of bugs.

Every song has:

• Literacy Links to teach comprehension skills, letter knowledge, and phonemic awareness
• Curriculum Connections to integrate the content of the song with curriculum areas such as math, art, sand and water play, science, outdoor play, field trips, and discovery
• "Did You Know?" section with fun and interesting facts related to the song
• a vocabulary list to enhance children's language skills
• theme connections
• home activities to extend the learning
• related children's books

All children love to sing and learn, so the book includes both English language learner strategies and special needs adaptations. Songs Include:

1. Baby Bumblebee
2. Mosquitoes
3. The Ants Go Marching
4. The Insect Song
5. My Pet Mosquito
6. Nobody Likes Me
7. Fuzzy Caterpillar
8. Little Ant's Hill/Little Bee's Hive
9. Bugs
10. Grasshopper
11. The Bee and the Pup
12. My Busy Garden
13. Little Ants
14. Little Caterpillar
15. All Around the Yard
16. Can You Move With Me?
17. Over in the Meadow
18. Shoo Fly
19. Flea Fly Flow
20. Five Little Ladybugs
21. Itsy Bitsy Spider

About this title

From the Back Cover:

From “Baby Bumblebee” to “The Ants Go Marching”, children will sing, dance, and learn with these songs about the insects they encounter in their own backyard. The CD is accompanied by a book with over 250 activities that teach children about colors, counting, growing things, friendship, and of course, bugs. Each of the eight CD/book combinations will provide hours of learning fun. 128 pages plus CD.

About the Author:

Pam Schiller, Ph.D., is an early childhood author, consultant, and highly sought after speaker. She has written numerous articles for early childhood journals, including Child Care Information Exchange and Texas Child Care Quarterly. Pam is the author of five early childhood curriculums, eleven children's books and more than 30 teacher and parent resource books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gryphon House
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0876590202
• ISBN 13: 9780876590201
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128