208 New Jersey Summer Reading Program


Internet Resources : Summer Reading Program


The 2008 Summer Reading Committee has put together a list of interesting and helpful websites to help you plan your your summer reading program.


A Child's Place - Insects
Activities and printables.

abcteach: Insect Theme Unit
Includes shape books, coloring pages, worksheets, songs, and more.

About.com: Bug Crafts
Make crafts related to ants, butterflies, bees, ladybugs, spiders, flies, and other bugs.

Animal Coloring Transporter: Arthropods
Realistic color pages of various Arthropods.

Bry-Back Manor Activity Pages
Lots of different pages here! Not all bug related.

Bry-Back Manor Bug Clipart
Bug Clip art, in case you need more/different art.

Bug Crafts @ Danielle's Place
Craft patterns and ideas include: Bee, beehive, spider, ladybug, ant, dragon fly, walking stick, praying mantis, mosquito, and butterflies. Many of these have patterns to go with it.

Collaborative Thematic Unit on Insects
By Julie Parks and Eileen Sullivan, this web page contains a complete unit on insects.

Discover Entomology at Texas A & M University
Links, Lesson Plans (Ages 3 through 18), and More.

EnchantedLearning.com - Insect Coloring Book
A coloring book you can print out and make with kids.

Gayle's Preschool Rainbow - Bugs
Preschool Nursery Rhymes About Insects and Bugs.

Insect Themed Food
For the less adventurous – this only looks like bugs. This site also has games and activities.

Insected.Arizona
Lesson Plans, Information Sheets, and Rearing Sheets for using Live Insects in the Elementary Classroom.

Insects of IL = "What Good Is An Insect?"
Including activities you can do at home (and crafts), "Just For Fun! poems ("A Dragonfly", "Firefly", and "Song Of The Bugs"; jokes and riddles, and definitions and a labeled insect under "What Is An Insect". Printables: word search, crossword puzzles, and unscramble. Facts (and small images to color) about different the dragonfly, firefly, grasshopper, honey bee, ladybug, mosquito, praying mantis, and water strider.

Insects Unit For Teachers
Links to printables, lessons, ideas, books, and more!

Iowa State’s Tasty Insect Recipes
Only for the ADVENTUROUS! These recipies use real bugs. Great for if your doing a Fear Factor Program!

Let's Talk About Insects
Including a teacher's guide. In English & Spanish.

Library Palooza
Stephanie Stokes' incredible web site packed with Summer Reading Information and activities from multiple library systems.

Moby's Mobiles: Insect Printable
Butterfly, dragonfly, and ladybug.

O. Orkin Insect Zoo: Let Arthropods Bring Science into the Classroom: Activ
Let Arthropods Bring Science into the Classroom: Activities. It includes worksheets and handouts in the activities.

O. Orkin Insect Zoo: The Teacher Resource Page (and students)
This curriculum module is designed for use with students in grades 4-8 as part of units of study on arthropods.

Origami Butterfly
Decorate your library with these cute butterflies!

Perpetual Preschool Bug Snacks
Many ideas posted by individuals.

Preschool Coloring Pages @ Everything Preschool
This link goes to Big Bug coloring pages, but the site also contains many other themed coloring pages.

Preschool Education – Bug Snacks
(Click on "Snacks" and then "Bugs".)

Songs4Teachers.com
This site has songs, poems, activities, word searches, etc. at their web site.

     
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