Spiders



Facts about Spiders
*Spiders are not insects.
*Spiders' babies come from eggs.
*Most spiders have either six or eight eyes.
*Not all spiders spin webs.
*There are more than 30,000 species of spiders.
*Spiders eat many types of harmful insects, helping to keep your garden free of pests.
*All spiders have fangs, though which venom is ejected. Spider bites can be painful and sometimes fatal.
*Not all spiders spin webs.



Songs:

There's a Spider on the Floor
(to the tune of If You're Happy and You Know It)
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
Who could ask for any more,
Than a spider on the floor?

There's a spider on my leg, on my leg.
There's a spider on my leg, on my leg.
Oh it's really really big,
This old spider on my leg.
There's a spider on my leg, on my leg.

Now the spider's on my stomach, on my stomach.
Now the spider's on my stomach, on my stomach.
Oh he's just a dumb old lummock,
This old spider on my stomach.
Now the spider's on my stomach, on my stomach.

Now the spider's on my head, on my head.
Now the spider's on my head, on my head.
Oh I wish that I were dead,
I've got a spider on my head.
Now the spider's on my head, on my head.

And he jumps off!!!
Now there's a spider on the floor, on the floor.
(Continue all you want.)




Spider Sue
Spider Sue went out to play
On a spider web one day.
She had such enormous fun,
She asked one more spider to come.

Spider John went out to play...(continue)

*This song/rhyme should include the names of the students in your class.
*Each student named could be allowed to choose the next student or a certain order could be used.




Poems/Rhymes:

Little Miss Muffet
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider
And sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away!



The Spider
Watch the busy spider
He's helpful as can be.
Eating insects all day long.
Now they won't bite me!



The Itsy Bitsy Spider
The itsy bitsy spider
Climbed up the waterspout.
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out.
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain
And the itsy bitsy spider
Climbed up the spout again.