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Ladybug Paper Weights

Take the children on a walk to find ladybug-shaped rocks.  Have the children paint their rocks red.  Allow the paint to dry.  Let each child use a black felt-tip marker to draw a line and several dots on his or her painted rock.  Glue felt to the bottoms of the ladybug paperweights.

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Ladybug Number Books

For each child cut five large ladybug shapes out of red construction paper.  Put the shapes together, punch two holes on the left-hand side and tie with yarn to make a book.  Use black felt tip markers to number the pages from 1 to 5.  Give a book and fifteen black self-stick circles to each child.  Help the children put the appropriate
numbers of black circles on their pages according to the numbers written on them.

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Little Red Bug

Cut a ladybug shape out of red felt and five spots out of black felt.  Place the ladybug shape on a flannel board.  As you read the poem below, add the black spots, one at a time.

Little red bug, oh so cute,
Here's a black spot for your suit.
Now you go and have some fun
With your spot, your very first one.

Little red bug, oh so cute,
Here's a black spot for your suit.
Its so nice to own a few,
So enjoy these lovely two.

Little red bug, oh so cute,
Here's a black spot for your suit.
We are very pleased to see
How you look with all three.

Little red bug, oh so cute,
Here's a black spot for your suit.
You might feel that you need more,
So we proudly give you four.

Little red bug, oh so cute,
Here's a black spot for your suit.
Heaven, heaven sakes alive,
Look at you, you're wearing five!

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Ladybug Matching Game

Draw a ladybug shape on each of ten index cards and divide the cards into pairs.  Mark each pair of ladybugs with a different number of spots.  Mix up the cards and let the children take turns counting the spots on the ladybugs to find the matching pairs.

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Lucky Ladybug

Cut a large ladybug shape out of red felt and several black spots out of black felt.  Place the ladybug shape on a flannel board.  Sing the song with the children and ask a child to put two felt spots on the ladybug shape.  Take the spots off and sing the song again, this time naming a different number of spots.  Ask another child to add that many spots to the ladybug shape.   Repeat the song until each child has had a chance to put spots on the ladybug.

Sung to "The Muffin Man"
Lucky ladybug has two spots,
Has two spots, has two spots.
Lucky lady bug has two spots,
Lucky Ladybug.

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I'm a Little Ladybug

Sung to: "I'm a little Teapot"
I'm a little ladybug on the go,
Landing on an arm, now an elbow.
See me fly around and around your hand,
Now watch as on your thumb I land.

I'm a little ladybug searching for some toes,
But watch me quickly land on your nose.
Now I look around and head for your hair,
I muss it up a bit, then pat it down with care.

I'm a little ladybug looking for a knee,
I'm just so happy you're not bugged by me.
Now you see me heading for your chest,
This little ladybug needs some rest.

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Ladybug Puzzle Game

Cut large ladybug shapes out of red poster board, one for every two children.  Attach black self stick circles to each shape.  Cut each shape into two puzzle pieces.  Mix up all the pieces and give one to each child.  Then have the children move around the room and try to find their puzzle partners by matching up their puzzle pieces.  When all the ladybug puzzles have been put together,  mix up the pieces and play the game again.

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