Kindergarten Harvest Lesson Plans: Spiders I

This portion of the Harvest series of lesson plans will consist of creepy, crawly spiders. The students in your class will be able to distinguish a few spiders, know basic spider facts as well as the importance of working together on a few projects.

To present today's lesson in its full capacity, here are a few things that you will need:

Picture of different spiders and their webs. These pictures can be found by doing a simple search online and printing each photo. You can also find spider picture books at your local library.

Double-sided tape

Embroidery hoop

Black thread

Black construction paper

Black paper cut into strips

Wiggle eyes

Black yarn

2 pieces of poster board

mini craft pompoms (black)

self adhesive Velcro

pre-cut spiders

Discuss spiders and how they make webs to live in as well as for catching their food.

Discuss spider safety: Spiders will leave you alone, if you leave them alone. Never play with a spider.

Explain that some spiders are poisonous. Show pictures of poisonous spiders.

Make sticky spider webs by wrapping double sided tape around an embroidery hoop in a web like design. Wad up pieces of black sewing thread and allow children to throw the thread pieces onto the web.

Spiders

On large piece of black construction paper, draw two circles, one about half of the size of the other.

Attach the circles together to make a head and body (similar to a snowman).

Fold strips of paper into an accordion fold. Attach legs to body, four on each side.

Attach wiggle eyes onto the face.

Puncture a small hole into the body of the spider. Insert a piece of black yarn and form a knot to keep in place. Secure the knot with tape or glue to ensure that the knot will not come loose.

Hang spiders from the ceiling.

Spider Count

You will need, the poster board, mini craft pompoms, and self- adhesive Velcro for this activity.

On the poster board, trace a drinking glass to form several small circles.

Draw spider web designs inside of each circle.

Write a number on each web and adhere the correct number of Velcro pieces to each web.

Adhere opposite side of Velcro on each pompom.

Instruct the children to identify the number and stick the correct amount of spiders on the the web.

Spider Rhymes

You will need the poster board and pre-cut spiders for this activity.

Write a word on each spider web

Write a corresponding rhyming word on each spider.

Adhere Velcro to spiders and web.

Instruct children to attach the spider to the appropriate rhyming word.

How Spider Saved The Baseball Game by Robert Kraus

Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott