We’re Going On A Bug Hunt!
A Fingerplay
Creep and crawl your way into language and movement fun with this popular chant that has been given a "buggy" twist.
Take your class outside on a sunny day; then have them repeat each line of the chant and move with you.
Next provide youngsters with empty, plastic spice bottles for catching critters on a real bug hunt.
We’re going on a bug hunt!
We’re going to catch some big ones.
What a sunny day!
Are you ready? OK!
Oh, my! A bee!
A black and yellow bee,
Flying over the flowers.
Buzz...
We’re going on a bug hunt!
We’re going to catch some big ones.
What a sunny day!
Are you ready? OK!
Oh, my! An ant!
A tiny, black ant,
Crawling through the grass.
Shh...
We’re going on a bug hunt!
We’re going to catch some big ones.
What a sunny day!
Are you ready? OK!
Oh, my! A grasshopper!
A big, green grasshopper,
Hopping around the tree.
Boing, boing...
We’re going on a bug hunt!
We’re going to catch some big ones.
What a sunny day!
Are you ready? OK!
Oh, my! A spider!
A big, black spider,
Creeping on the tree.
Creep, creep...
We’re going on a bug hunt!
We’re going to catch some big ones.
What a sunny day!
Are you ready? OK!
Oh, my! A butterfly!
A pretty, orange butterfly,
Floating in the sky.
Whoosh, whoosh...
See:
Idea by Linda Cupit---Pre-K, Crowville High School, Crowville, LA
Poem by Carla Goethe---Pre-K, P.P.A.T. Child Care, Davenport, IA
The Mailbox: Preschool April/May 1998 Fingerplays, Poems, & Rhymes: "We’re going On A Bug Hunt!" Pages 46-47.
Click on Red Teddy to Return to
The Preschool Fingerplays Page
