Today we learn about spiders. Creepy crawly hairy spiders.
In the Quran Allah talks about spiders and how they build weak houses, comparing it to people who take gods other than Allah.
مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُواْ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوۡلِيَآءَ كَمَثَلِ ٱلۡعَنڪَبُوتِ ٱتَّخَذَتۡ بَيۡتً۬اۖ وَإِنَّ أَوۡهَنَ ٱلۡبُيُوتِ لَبَيۡتُ ٱلۡعَنڪَبُوتِۖ لَوۡ ڪَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ
The likeness of those who take (false deities as) Auliyâ' (protectors helpers) other than Allâh is the likeness of a spider, who builds (for itself) a house, but verily, the frailest (weakest) of houses is the spider's house; if they but knew.
Activity 1: Recitation
With all of our animals we go over the ayat mentioning them and repeat them throughout the day.
Activity 2: Coloring and Do a dot
Coloring will be a common activity in these posts its quick and simple to do and the kids enjoy it. Go to my Pinterest Board and Follow it as I will be adding more pins. You'll also find more activities that are not on this blog. Here are a few coloring pages.
I typically find the pages in a google search but you can find the ones ÷ used on my Pinterest board. Remember to followز
Activity 3: Paper Puppet story telling
What You'll Need:
Paper
Printer
2 Popsicle sticks
Tape
First you'll print out the following images. Just right click and save the image then print it. Print the spout as a full page image. Print the other images as a half page images.
Spout
Spider
Sun
Cloud
Cut everything out and tape the spout and cloud to a window.
Tape the Sun and Spider to a popsicle stick and your done.
Now you or your child can do the story telling of the itsy bitsy spider or any other story.
Activity 4: Itsy bitsy Spider Sign
You can combine this with the puppet play. You'll sing the song of itsy bitsy spider while signing the song. This is a great activity for little hands to learn flexibility and dexterity. Watch this video if you've never seen it done before.
Now you know a little ASL. Congratulations!
Activity 5: Spider Stem Play
Stem play is always one of my favorites. For this activity you'll be making spiders from pipe cleaners and pompoms. Then you'll make a spider web with a glue gun and wax or parchment paper.
What You'll Need:
15 Pipe cleaners
6 large pompoms
12 googly eyes (or anything for eyes)
Glue Gun
Bunch of Glue Sticks
Wax Paper or Parchment Paper
Begin by taking the pipe cleaners and cutting them in half.
Now take five of those pieces and use one of them to wrap around the other four pieces.
Spread them out on both sides and bend towards the end to create the spiders legs.
Do the same with the rest of the pipe cleaners.
My son helped with the rest. For making the spider head, take a pompom and hot glue it to the center of the spider legs. Then hot glue the eyes on. Although my son didn't use the glue, he placed everything where I told him to.
Now you've got spiders, you need a spider web. Grab a sheet of wax paper or parchment paper. Any size will do. You'll be making the spider web on it. Take a pen and draw it on there.
Now take a glue gun and glue on the lines. Make sure the glue is thick so that it won't break when you pull it up.
Let the glue dry and when it does, feel free to pull it from the paper. If you have breaks or weak spots just lay it back down and reapply some glue.
Let your kids play with the spider and web. You can get more creative and add little bugs or food so they can pretend to eat.
Activity 6: counting and colors
I made my spiders with different colors so that it could be used for color recognition and sorting. They can also be used for counting. How many spiders are there? How many legs?
Activity 7: Threading
This is a fine motor skills activity that is often done in Montessori.
What You'll need:
Paper Plate (preferably a sturdy one)
String or 2 shoe laces
Scissors
Hand hole puncher (optional)
Glue gun (if using string)
First cut a circle out of the plate. Start from the center. I've demonstrated it in the pictures.
Now poke holes in the plate or use the hole puncher. Make sure they are wide enough for the lace/string to easily go through.
Cut your string to be as long as 6 times the diameter of the plate.
If you have string, you'll want to make an aglet (thanks Phineas and Ferb) using the glue gun. Just put a thin coating of glue around the tip to stop fraying. Now that i think about it, you can use tape also.
You're done. Now just demonstrate how it works with your kid. My son loved it. Some kids might need more help than others lacing it. With my son I chose the holes and he put the string through and pulled it. He ended up putting the spiders on it and carrying it around the house. They clung pretty well.
Activity 8: Watch a video
Youtube it.
Activity 9: Read a book
We went to the library again. I'm not so focused on reading books about the life of a spider because we watch videos. Anything featuring a spider is fine. Here are some suggestions.
Activity 10: S is for Spider
Remember to utilize this opportunity to expand on teaching the alphabet and their sounds. Here are some coloring printables.
Activity 11: ع is for عنكبوت
Of course, this is a great opportunity to learn an Arabic word, the letter ع, and it's sounds. I don't have any printables. Be assured one of the goals of Good Word Prints is to produce coloring books and work books that aline with Islamic learning. Follow my page and share it to get the latest in Good Word Prints products.
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Asalamu Alaikum.
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