Preschool Nursery Rhymes About Insects and Bugs

	Preschool Nursery Rhymes About Insects and Bugs
	Early childhood education themes are enhanced by this resource collection of nursery rhymes, fingerplays and action songs about insects, bugs and fuzzy wuzzy creepy crawlers. These poems and songs have withstood the test of time and are still popular with preschool children and their teachers. Creepy Crawler Activities are in the Rainbow Resource Room. Print this Theme
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Animal Rhymes Counting and Number Rhymes Community Helper Rhyme Themes Self and Family Rhyme Themes Special Occasion Rhymes	Little Miss Muffet Traditional nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet, Sat on her tuffet, Eating her curds and whey. Along came a spider, Who sat down beside her, And frightened Miss Muffet away.	A Beetle Action poem I know a beetle Who lives dow a drain His coat's very shiny But terribly plain When I take a bath He comes up the pipe Together we wash Together we wipe
Transition Time Rhymes Transportation Rhyme Themes Search the Preschool Rainbow	The Ants Go Marching Traditional action song The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah, hurrah. The ants go marching one by one, Hurrah, hurrah. The ants go marching one by one, The little one stops to such his thumb, And they all go marching down Into the ground to get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Two...tie his shoe... Three...climb a tree... Four...shut the door... Five...take a dive... Six...pick up sticks... Seven...pray to heaven... Eight...shut the gate... Nine...check the time... Ten...say "THE END" The Beetle Judy W. contributes this cute rhyme. Beetle, beetle up in the tree, Fly down and show your armor to me! Shiny brown, black, or green, You're the toughest bug I've ever seen! Eency Weency Spider A classic fingerplay The eency weency spider Went up the water spout, fingers imitate a moving spider Down came the rain and washed the spider out fingers imitate falling rain Out came the sun and dried up all the rain arms make a large circle And the eency weency spider went up the spout again fingers imitate a moving spider.
	Fuzzy Wuzzy, Creepy Crawly Encourage preschool children to act out the words of this poem by Lilian Schulz. Fuzzy wuzzy, creepy crawly Caterpillar funny, You will be a butterfly When the days are sunny. Winging, flinging, dancing, springing Butterfly so yellow, You were once a caterpillar, Wiggly, wiggly fellow. Flutterby Judy W. offers this lovely rhyme If you ever watched a butterfly, You would think the same; To call him rather "flutterby", Is more a fitting name. For what he has to do with butter I cannot understand. But he can surely flutter better Than any insect can!
	Caterpillar Let the words describe the actions Little fuzzy caterpillar In your warm cocoon The cold winter's over and you'll be hatching soon. Then you'll spread your wings On a warm summer's day And wave us all goodby As you fly, fly away.
	Little Black Bug Encourage preschoolers to add the appropriate sound effects to this poem by Margaret Wise Brown Little black bug, Little black bug Where have you been? I've been under the rug, Said little black bug. Bug-ug-ug-ug. Little green fly, Little green fly, Where have you been? I've been way up high, Said little green fly. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Little old mouse, Little old mouse, Where have you been? I've been all through the house Said little old mouse. Squeak-eak-eak-eak-eak.
	Lady Bugs Ask preschool children to perform the actions that the words suggest. I saw a little lady bug flying in the air, But when I tried to catch her, two bugs were there. Two little lady bugs flew up in a tree. I tiptoed very quietly, and then I saw three. Three little lady bugs--I looked for one more. I saw one sitting on the ground, that made four. Four little lady bugs--another one arrived. I saw her sitting on a flower, and that made five. Five little lady bugs, all red and black-- I clapped my hands and shouted, and they all flew back!
	Insects All Around Improvise a tune or sing to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" Lady bugs and butterflies, Buzzing bees up in the sky. Teeny, tiny little ants, Crawling up and down the plants Many insects can be found In the sky and on the ground.
	The Creepy Crawler Activity Theme is in the Rainbow Resource Room. Take a look at the other rhyme themes or return to Activity Central for preschool education activities and lesson plans.

Nursery Rhymes, Fingerplays and Action Poems