Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Alexa is a sensory teacher, bilingual mother, stepmother, and promoter of learning through play. She shares play and learning ideas for moms, dads, and caregivers to try at home. Alexa runs sensory classes, virtual Mommy & Me and private play coaching. She dedicates herself to creating learning resources to give your little ones an advantage when entering Pre-K. This activity encourages creativity, fine motor and malleable skills, one to one correspondence and counting skills. The kids have to mimic their movements while singing the song, a very entertaining activity, useful to improve their manual dexterity.

having a full week of Itsy Bitsy spider was a lot of fun! I always aim to make a sensory bin, an art project, and some fine motor work . This week was a lot of fun and we definitely enjoy it! I hope you too! Our new thing around the house is themed bath time. Sometimes is for our morning time and sometime like today is for our night time. Small group discussion: what was special about Anansi’s spider sons? Who was your favourite? Why? How can we work together and help each other? Ask questions to encourage the children to give more information: What? Why? Where? Who?Thanks Amie! Yes I am all about hands on , playful learning so most of the ideas are play dough, painting and active learning so will be perfect for 3 year olds (and toddlers too for that matter!) Some of there resources I share may be better for 4+ but the numbers and alphabet for e.g. are great for any age to have as free play manipulatives. This will be the real test to see which shapes he knows and which shape they still need to practice. Incy Wincy Spider” (also popularly known as “ Itsy Bitsy Spider”) is one of the most popular nursery rhyme. It is generally accompanied by finger movements coordinated with the lyrics of the nursery rhyme. This joyful rhyme describes how a spider goes up, comes downs and again climbs up the waterspout of a gutter system.” One of my favorite sensory bin themes is using water. This is perfect for those babies and toddlers still putting things in their mouth. Using a colander, create a water sensory bin, practice pouring skills as well as taking the time to splash and start learning “sink or float” concepts. Itsy bitsy Rice sensory bin

I love how ideas just come out of doing other activities. This was initially a spooky spider sensory bottle because Halloween is just around the corner and when I shared it with my son I started to sing the itsy bitsy spider. Ohhh I had purple glitter because it was a spooky spider but I’d I changed it to blue, then it would act as the rain!! Fill the reminder 1/4 of the bottle with clear glue or clear soap (hand or dish soap works fine). The glue or soap will make the confetti and spider fall slower than I’d you just do water.How many different creatures can you find - worms, slugs, snails, caterpillars, beetles, ants, woodlice, ladybirds? Make a simple graph to record your findings. Once upon a Spidery time... If possible have a selection of pictures of spiders, soft toys or puppets to represent the characters and to focus attention. These will also aid any additional retelling and sequencing activities.

I dumped my spooky sensory bottle and replaced the purple glitter with blue confetti to make this one. This follows the same tutorial (15 sec video) as our spooky spider. How to Make a Itsy Bitsy Spider Sensory Bottle If you enjoyed these activities, it would mean a lot of you con share it with other parents and teachers that can benefit from these ideas.

Itsy Bitsy Spider” or “Incy Wincy Spider” is a modern nursery rhyme that is very popular among children and one of our favorite nursery rhymes at home. Itsy Bitsy Spider tells the adventures of a Spider, named Itsy Bitsy (or Incy Wincy – more popular in England) who is going up and down, and up again, as the weather is chaining.