As the weather gets warmer BUGS of all types begin to appear. This is the perfect sign for us here in the Coachella Valley as the ladybugs have been the talk of the playground this week! You can find tons of them in the grass on the weeds with the little yellow flowers. It reminds of when I was in 4th grade in Swaziland, Africa. Our teachers always had a nature table in the classroom where we brought in the interesting leaves, bugs, rocks, etc. to share. One day a student brought in what we thought was some kind of cocoon. It turned out to be an egg case, a praying mantis egg case! For the next few weeks we had hundreds of tiny brown baby praying mantises crawling all over us while we worked! I loved it! To this day, praying mantises are my favorite insect!
Sign BUG by placing your thumb on your nose and bending your first two fingers up and down. The sign for BUG can be used to talk about all the insects you see. Don't forget to use descriptive words like big and little or color words to introduce more fun concepts!
Click on the link to see and print the poster
https://www.babysigns.com/pdf/Bug.pdf
