A is for Ants

Mommy & Me Book Club
Gathering Activity	Look outside for ants or ant maze. Ant Maze: http://www.allfreecrafts.com/nature/images/antmaze.gif
Welcome	Welcome Song (tune: London Bridges) Come along and clap with me, Clap with me, clap with me. Come along and clap with me, It’s time for story time.
Circle Time	The More We Get Together Sing ABC song.
Book Time	Hey, Little Ant by Phillip Hoose Sing ‘The Ants Go Marching One by One” http://www.teachwithme.com/downloads/item/3122-1062
Art Activity (Fine motor skills activity)	Letter A Ant Activity—glue a big A on a piece of paper. Using either a stamp pad or markers, have kids make fingerprint ants all along the A. Letter A ant activity: http://www.pocketfulofposiesblog.com/letter-ants/
Snack	Ants on a log—raisins, peanut butter, and celery.
Game  (Gross motor skills activity)	Bug scavenger hunt or Build your own ant farm Build your own ant farm: http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/kidscraftsactivitiesblog/2011/02/how-to-make-an-ant-farm-jar-and-watch-an-ant-colony-build-mazes/
Closing	Good-bye Song (tune: Here We Are Together) Now we wave good-bye, Good-bye, good-bye. Now we wave good-bye, I’ll see you next time.
Some resources:	More books about ants: One Hundred Hungry Ants by Elinor J. Pinczes Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg Hungry Ants: A Ready to Count Book by Pam McGrath The ants go marching (Sing and read storybook) by Jeffrey Scherer The Magic School Bus Gets Ants In Its Pants: A Book About Ants by Linda Ward Beech