(bright music) - Hello, little learners.

Welcome back to our pre-K and TK classroom.

My name is Mrs. Lara.

Can you tell me your name?

I'm gonna see if I can guess your special letter.

I have my board here.

I'm going to use one big line.

Hopefully it sticks.

And one little curve.

Let's see, I made what letter?

The letter P makes the puh sound.

Is that your special letter?

Did I guess correctly?

Hopefully I did.

And if I didn't, don't worry, more letters are coming.

Alright, I'm gonna put our letters down.

We have been talking about spiders all of this week.

And the reason is, is because it is October and October is kind of a spookier month.

You might go to stores and see spiders and skeletons and different things around.

And I don't want you to be scared of them.

I want you to be able to speak about what you remember about spiders.

So today is our last day to learn about our spider friends.

So it's day five of the five days that we're learning about the topic.

So let's count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Last day, and still so much to learn.

So we'll get started with our fun spider finger play, which has tons of rhyming words in it.

So remember if you don't have a spider puppet named Charlotte, like I do, you can use your fingers and your hands to be your spider.

And do you remember where our spider friend starts off?

That's right, on our knees.

Can you grab your knees?

You tickle your knees.

Alright, let's get our spider friend ready.

Here we go.

♪ There's a spider on my knee on me knee, oh, gee ♪ ♪ There's a spider on my knee, on my knee, oh, gee ♪ ♪ I keep telling it to go and it keeps telling me no ♪ ♪ There's a spider on my knee, on my knee, oh, gee ♪ Now where's the spider gonna go?

Something you use to smell.

That's right, your nose.

Get your spider on your nose.

♪ There's a spider on my nose, on my nose, I froze ♪ ♪ There's a spider on my nose, on my nose, I froze ♪ ♪ I keep telling it to go, but it keeps telling me no ♪ ♪ There's a spider on my nose, on my nose, I froze ♪ Now it's gonna go to our belly ♪ There's a spider on my belly, on my belly, whoa Nelly ♪ ♪ There's a spider on my belly, on my belly, whoa Nelly ♪ ♪ I keep telling you to go, and it keeps telling me no ♪ ♪ There's a spider on my belly, on my belly, whoa Nelly ♪ Last place.

Spider's gonna go on our hair.

♪ There's a spider on my hair, on my hair, goodness where ♪ ♪ There's a spider on my hair, on my hair, goodness where ♪ ♪ I keep telling it to go, and it keeps telling me no ♪ ♪ There's a spider on my hair, on my hair, goodness where ♪ (Mrs. Lara chuckles) So there really is a spider on my hair today too.

You might want to try to style your hair like this.

Alright, I'm gonna put my spider friend here on my chair while I grab my letter.

And actually I think Ms. Maria brought in something special.

Oo, it's our spider chart from yesterday.

We're going to review all of the things we learned about spiders.

So let's see, spiders are not insects.

That's right.

Insects and spiders are different.

Insects have six legs and spiders have eight and they have eight eyes and they have eight different legs and different things and fangs.

Insects have antenna, right?

And spiders have these little things down here that they use to spin their webs called spinnerets.

Spiders come in all shapes and sizes.

Spiders can be as small as a speck of dust or as large as a dinner plate.

I don't think I would like to see that size spider anywhere near me.

Spiders have eight eyes and eight legs, like we mentioned.

That's what makes them different from insects.

And most spiders use webs to catch their food.

Now, what do spiders eat?

Spiders, eat insects, right?

They get caught in their web.

And remember in our books, since there's not a little mini kind of blender for spiders, they use their fangs to kind of claw into the insect and make their little juice that they slurp up.

Whew!

Spider babies are called spiderlings.

Now you'll remember, a spiderling is very independent since its born.

That means the mom spiders don't tend to stick around.

Spiderlings will climb somewhere high and they'll jump off and they'll leave a little thread of web in their path until they build their own webs.

So these are just some of the spider facts that we learned about and we'll later write about.

But I think Ms. Maria left me a good spider book in here that we can read together.

So let's take a look.

I think this is one of my favorites.

Let's look.

Oh, it is!

She wants us to sing the song about the eensy weensy spider, also called the itsy bitsy spider.

Now, have you heard that song before?

I have, but did you know that there's more verses to that song?

We're gonna read about them here.

So let's open it up and I'll read the traditional tale.

Now, if you get this book, there's musical notes inside that you can use.

And there's also a way that shows you how to do the song in sign language using hand movements.

"The Eensy-Weensy Spider".

Hey, here's the verse that you might remember.

♪ The eensy weensy spider went up the water spout ♪ ♪ Down came the rain and washed the spider out ♪ ♪ Out came the sun and dried up all the rain ♪ ♪ And the eensy weensy spider went up the spout again ♪ So there's our spider in the sun, drying out.

Now there's more to the song that you may not have heard.

♪ The eensy weensy spider got up one day in spring ♪ ♪ She stretched out all her legs and she began to sing ♪ ♪ La, sang the spider, it's such a lovely day ♪ ♪ And the eensy weensy spider went skipping out to play ♪ So there's the spider in her spiderweb singing.

Now there's more to this song!

This eensy weensy spider what is it gonna do next?

♪ The eensy weensy spider met a baby bug ♪ ♪ "Hi," said the spider and gave the bug a hug ♪ ♪ "Uh," said the bug, your hug is much too tight ♪ ♪ "I'm sorry," said the spider, I'm meant to be polite ♪ (Mrs. Lara laughs) So there's the spider hugging the bug right here.

And even more.

Let's sing.

♪ The eensy weensy spider walked down the garden path ♪ ♪ Down came the rain and gave her quite a bath ♪ ♪ Out came the sun and dried her driest chalk ♪ ♪ And the eensy weensy spider continued on her walk ♪ (Mrs. Lara chuckles) Oh no.

Look, you can see a frog right here.

He's right here.

And he's saying "Out."

And there's the spider swimming.

Do you remember we talked about water spiders and how they use bubbles to breathe while they catch their insects in our Gail Gibbons book?

Let's see what this song says.

♪ The eensy weensy spider went swimming to get cool ♪ ♪ "Out!"

Croaked the frog, "No spiders in my pool."

♪ ♪ "Please," begged the spider, "I'd really liked to swim."

♪ ♪ So the frog allowed the spider to swim along with him ♪ Hey, we're gonna do one more.

Oo, it looks like a parade, an insect parade.

Let's see.

♪ The eensy weensy spider was in a big parade ♪ ♪ Boom, bang, the drums, the trumpets loudly played ♪ ♪ "March!"

roared the leader "Just listen to the beat!"

♪ ♪ But the eensy weensy spider kept tripping on her feet ♪ And that's probably because she has eight feet, huh?

That would be a lot.

I would trip too.

So there's still a few more pages.

So if you'd like to check out this book, check it out in the Sora app or your local library.

It's a really good one that'll help you remember a few things about spiders.

And it's a new tradition or spin on a classic song.

But right now we're gonna move on to our shared writing.

So we reviewed our chart, got to sing a song.

Let's see what we remember about spiders.

So let's walk over to our chart.

Here we go.

Oh, let's see.

It says spiders.

Whoo, I'm so excited.

Now, what do you remember about spiders?

So are they insects?

No.

Spiders are not insects.

So I'm gonna write the word insect, and then put a big cross around it to remind us that they're not.

Now, if you're writing along with me, get your paper and your marker out.

Here we go.

I, I, beginning sound I know is an I.

In, sects.

Here we go.

Insects!

Now comes the fun part.

We get to cross them out because spiders are arachnids.

Aren't they?

They're their own type of species or in their own animal family.

Alright, what else did we remember about spiders?

Remember the eensy weensy spider tripped up because it had how many legs?

Eight legs.

That's right.

And two body parts.

I'm gonna draw a spider here.

It's gonna have an abdomen and there we go.

I'm gonna draw eight legs, four on each side.

1, 2, 3, 4.

And I'm gonna label them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Now do you remember some spiders have fangs?

I'm gonna put them on and then they have little spinnerets at the bottom.

And how many eyes do spiders have?

They have eight eyes.

Maybe we'll draw the eight eyes here.

So we're gonna draw 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

And we'll draw the number eight right up here.

Eight eyes and eight legs.

I'm gonna write the word eyes.

It's E-Y-E-S. And then I'll write the world legs right here.

Lu-eh-gu-ss.

And eight legs.

What else can we remember from the spiders?

Mm, any of the spider books that we read?

Let's see if this reminds you of anything.

Do you remember spiders spin webs?

That's right.

And why do they spin webs?

They use it to catch their insect prey that they use to eat, right?

So I'm gonna draw a little insect here.

They have six legs, and a friend.

He's gonna eat them all up.

So I'm gonna write the word of web right on top.

Can you help me write it?

Wuh wuh, W, eh, buh.

Buh.

What's one more thing that we remember about spiders?

Are they all the same size?

No.

Some spiders are small.

So I'm gonna draw a little tiny small spider here.

Did you know, and you can look this up, that sometimes in our sleep, we actually eat spiders.

You don't mean to, but our mouth is open and spiders crawl in.

It doesn't happen very often, but it happens to some of us grownups.

And then there's big giant spiders just like this.

And they can be the size of a dinner plate.

There's the spinnerets.

So different sizes.

So let's write small and big.

Ss, S, mm, ah, ll.

Now let's write the word big here.

Let's see, buh, buh, that's a B. I, I, and a G. Look at all that we learned about spiders this week.

They're not insects.

They come in different sizes.

They weave webs to catch their insect prey.

They have eight legs and eight eyes.

If you're writing along with me, what other things might you add?

Alright, we're gonna actually do something fun with spiders.

We're gonna make a giant spider right there in our project place.

So let's walk over.

How many steps will it take me today?

I think eight.

Ready?

1, 2, 3, 4, only four.

I took giant steps.

So here's what we're going to make.

We're gonna make spider pie.

I love cooking with you.

So let's make that together.

Here is what it's gonna look like.

Oh, my spider legs fell off.

Spider pie.

Does this look like a spider that you'd want to eat?

Mm, delicious.

What things in nature actually do eat spiders?

That's something you can investigate with your family.

So in order to make your spider pie, here are the ingredients that you're going to need: You're going to need a crust.

Now I'm using a graham cracker crust, because I didn't want to have to bake anything with you today.

You can find these at the grocery store.

You can make a large spider like I did, or they sell mini ones.

You can make lots of mini spiders.

You're going to need some pudding mix, chocolate.

So that's what I have here.

And some milk.

And then you're going to need some chocolate wafers like this, some black licorice if you want it to look like mine and some raspberries, to use for eyes.

Alright, so the first thing that we're gonna make to make our spider pie is the pudding.

Yum, yum.

I love making chocolate pudding.

Now this has a lot of sugar in it, but you can make it healthier by using sugar-free pudding mix.

Or just kind of limit how much you eat.

But I figured it's nice to have a little treat and make spiders a little less scary.

So I'm gonna open up my package here, and pour out my chocolate pudding.

Mm, smells like chocolate.

Do you like the smell of chocolate?

It's one of my favorite smells.

Okay.

Now I'm gonna look at the recipe on the back so you can look right here and there's a recipe for making five minute pudding.

So you actually put the package in a bowl like I did.

You're gonna need three cups of milk.

Now I have a half cup measure here, which means we're gonna need six of these to pour in.

So two of these equals one cup.

So here we go.

I'm gonna put in one, two and that'll make one cup, three, four, and that's gonna make two cups, five and six.

That's gonna make the three cups we need.

So you can integrate lots of different math skills when making this recipe.

Next, I'm gonna need a fancy tool called a whisk.

And this will really help me get the lumps out of my chocolate pudding.

Now, when I made this at home, I whisked it up like this.

Whisk, whisk, whisk for a good while until my arm hurt.

You can imagine how fun this is for children to try this recipe because it's something they can do on their own.

And they can actually watch this very liquid pudding mix turn into a solid right before their eyes if they mix enough.

Oh, here we go.

You're gonna want to mix.

It's already starting to get thick.

Mix, mix, mix, mix, mix until it gets very thick.

I'm gonna keep mixing here for just a little while longer so you can see it.

And then I'll show you the rest.

Now, while you're mixing, you can actually practice your letters.

You can say, mm, the next ingredient starts with a C and then you can do a riddle.

What ingredient might it be?

I think it's hard.

It makes the k k, sound.

And you sometimes dunk 'em in milk.

Cookies.

That's right.

Oh, it's already starting to get thick.

I don't know if you can see, it's kind of thick.

See, it goes very quickly.

That's the good thing about the pudding mix.

I'm gonna do just a little longer, like I said, until your arm stops hurting and you can't feel it anymore.

It goes numb.

Okay.

Now I'm gonna, I might refrigerate this and make it a little thicker.

But for today, I'm gonna add it over to my pie crust.

So you can see it is already kind of thick.

And this is gonna be my spider body in my spider pie.

Delicious spider pie.

Okay, I'm gonna put this over to the side.

I'm gonna use my whisk a little here to spread it out.

There we are.

The next thing we're gonna need is to put kind of crunchy bits on top.

It's gonna be like the fuzzy part of the spider.

So you're gonna need some chocolate cookies like this.

I'm gonna show you what they look like, like this.

And then you get to do something really, really fun.

Put 'em in of these plastic bags.

Seal it up, make sure it's sealed up and then you're gonna take something heavy and you're gonna pound them down.

So this is gonna look like I'm just gonna kinda pound them down like this and smash them (Mrs. Lara chuckles) until they're nice and smashed.

Of course I'm being kind of soft here.

But kids love to do this part.

They get to smash things.

And things with sugar.

Who wouldn't want to do that?

Okay.

I'm just taking out the big parts here.

Alright, here we go.

I think that's smashed enough.

You move it around with your fingers.

Next you're gonna add your crumbled and smashed cookies to your pie.

Yum.

Mm, smells good.

Now, if you want to make this healthier, you can also add bananas to your pie, but I like to keep it pure chocolate, because why not?

It's a little treat.

Oo, this kind of looks like a fuzzy spider already.

All right, next, we're going to add the legs of our spider pie.

So for that, I have some black licorice.

Now black licorice around this time of year is usually in the candy aisle.

Do you like black licorice?

Have you ever tried it?

Some people like it and I don't know, I'm not a big fan, but it works for what we're doing.

So how many legs did our spider have?

Eight legs.

That's right.

So we're gonna need eight pieces of licorice.

Let's count it out.

Ready?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

And that's what we're going to use to add our legs.

So what I like to do with these longer pieces is kind of fold them up and smash 'em in there.

Like that.

There we go.

And a shorter leg here.

We'll put the short legs on this side.

Three, four, there we are.

And then we have three left.

Kind of fold 'em up.

There we go.

Maybe we'll do one here.

Four.

And there we go.

Last bit.

So there's our legs to our spider pie.

And last we need to put in our eyes.

So how many eyes do our spiders have?

Eight eyes.

That's right.

So let's get our raspberries.

You can also, if you want to make this all sugar, use some chocolate candies and put 'em in there.

Let's count eight, ready?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

And there you have it: spider pie.

So as you're making it, or as you're eating it, you can talk to your family about what you learned about spiders this week.

Oh, look at our little spiders.

Maybe even sing them some of the verses of your traditional itsy bitsy spider song that you learned.

Alright, looks like we have just enough time for some book recommendations.

Now, of course, yesterday, we read our books "Spiders" by Gail Gibbons.

But I wanted show you that there's tons more to learn in this book.

Lots of spider facts that we didn't get into.

Like what makes a spider poisonous?

How can you tell?

Because of course you never ever want to pet a spider.

Do you remember what happened in our book when someone tried to pet a spider?

Smash.

And some could actually hurt you.

Not many, but some.

I also wanted to show you another book.

So around this time of year, you might start seeing things in stores that are a little bit scary, but of course you're not scared of spiders anymore, are you?

Nuh uh.

Now you now, you know all about them, but it is a good time to talk about what to do when you're feeling scared.

And this is a good book called "When I'm Feeling Scared" by Trace Moroney.

So you can check out this book too.

And it's about a little bunny that goes through all kinds of things that make him scared and what he does to calm down.

So see jack-o-lanterns scare him, monsters scare him, until he learns not to be scared of those things.

All right, so check out those books at your local library as well.

Alright, it looks like it's almost time to say goodbye.

I hope that you enjoyed our week learning about spiders.

Maybe go outside, do some investigating.

Do you see any webs?

Maybe don't tear them down now that we know how much work it takes to build them, huh?

Spiders actually help us, don't they?

They keep all the insects away.

Alright, and next week, if you tune in, we're gonna learn all about pumpkins!

You might start seeing those around too.

I'm gonna bring a pumpkin and we're gonna carve it.

And we're gonna take out the seeds and I'm gonna show you some fun things to do with pumpkins.

So make sure that you join me again next week.

Until then, Mrs. Lara send you a big squeeze and a big smooch, mwah.

Remember replay and use your imagination every day.

Goodbye!

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