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Creepy Crawlies

Poems and Songs

Insect Parts
(Tune: It Ain't Gonna Rain No More)

An insect has three body parts,
No more, no less than three
Head and thorax, abdomen
It sure makes sense to me!

The head has mouthparts well designed
And compound eyes as well.
Antennae sense the world around
They feel and hear and smell.

The thorax is where legs are joined
Three pairs, six legs in all
To fly or jump or crawl.

The abdomen is where are found
The systems that it needs
To breathe, to reproduce, digest
The food on which it feeds.

An insect has three body parts,
No more, no less than three
Head and thorax, abdomen
It sure makes sense to me!

The Sleeping Caterpillar
(Tune: The Itsy Bitsy Spider)

The fuzzy caterpillar
Curled upon a leaf.
Spun her little chrysalis
And then she fell asleep.
While she was sleeping,
She dreamed that she could fly.
And later when she woke up,
She was a butterfly!


I'm a Hungry Aphid
Tune: I'm a Little Teapot

I'm a hungry aphid watch me eat.
Tender little flowers are my treat.
When I'm in your garden I have lunch.
I eat your roses, munch, munch, munch.


Fly On My Toe
Tune: Farmer in the Dell

A fly is on my toe,
A fly is on my toe,
Hi-ho, just watch me blow.
A fly is on my toe.

Other Verses
A fly is on my nose.., my head, my ear, my elbow, my knee, etc...


Insect Song
Tune: The Wheels on the Bus

The firefly at night goes blink, blink, blink,
Blink, blink, blink. . blink, blink, blink.
The firefly at night goes blink, blink, blink,
All around the town!

(Other Verses)
The bees in the flowers go buzz, buzz, buzz...
The ants in the grass go march, march, march...
The crickets in the leaves go chirp, chirp, chirp...
The caterpillar in the field goes creep, creep, creep...


I'm a Firefly
Tune: I'm a Little Teapot

I'm a little firefly
Look at me!
I'm as happy as I can be.
See my light flicker and shine so bright
Now watch me fly into the night!


Grasshopper

Hop, Hop, Hop
My, what strength
A grasshopper hops
Twenty times its length
Hop in the grass
Or on a single blade,
Hop in the sun
Or hop in the shade.
Farmer says, Grasshopper,
Stay off my crop!
There goes the grasshopper,
HOP, HOP, HOP


Bugs Come Out In Spring
(Tune: When the Saints Come Marching In)

Oh when the bugs come out in spring
Oh when the bugs come out in spring
I want to be outside watching
When the bugs come out in spring
I'll see some crawl; I'll see some fly
I'll count how many go marching by
I'll watch and see how many I know
Of the bugs that come out in spring.

The Life of a Butterfly
(Tune: Skip to My Lou)

I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
What'll I be my darlin'?

A chrysalis, now sleep like me,
A chrysalis, now sleep like me,
A chrysalis, now sleep like me,
What'll I be my darlin'?

A butterfly, come fly with me,
A butterfly, come fly with me,
A butterfly, come fly with me,
What'll I be my darlin'?

Now all together, let's do all three!
A caterpillar, a chrysalis, a butterfly, three!
Move your body like this with me,
The life of a butterfly, darlin'!

Fuzzy Caterpillar
(tune: Adams Family)

My tummy is fat. (snap snap)
I like it like that. (snap snap)
I wiggle around,
I jiggle around,
My tummy is fat. (snap snap)

I'm a fuzzy caterpillar
I'm such a chubby feller
I love to eat and eat,
Those leaves are such a treat!

Pretty Butterfly
(tune: Up On the Housetop)

First comes a butterfly lays an egg,
Out comes a caterpillar with many legs.
Oh see the caterpillar spin and spin,
A little chrysalis to sleep in.
Oh, oh, oh look and see.
Oh, oh, oh look and see.
Out of the chrysalis
My oh my.
Out comes a pretty butterfly!


Do You Like To Buzz?
(Tune: Do Your Ears Hang Low)

Do you like to buzz?
Are you covered all in fuzz?
Do you call a hive a home
In the garden where you roam?
Do you know how to make honey,
Are your stripes a little funny?
Do you like to buzz?


The Buzz on Bees
(Tune: Three Blind Mice)

Buzz, buzz, buzz,
Buzz, buzz, buzz,
Said the honeybee.
Said the honeybee.
I'm looking for nectar, as you can see,
To make some honey in my tree.
Honey that's yummy for you and me.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Buzz, buzz, buzz.

Bumble Bee On My Nose
(Tune: Jingle Bells)

Bumble bee, bumble bee
Landing on my toes.
Bumble bee, bumble bee,
Now he's on my nose.
On my arms,
On my legs,
On my elbows.
Bumble bee, oh bumble bee
He lands and then he goes.

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* Set up a terrarium. Take a bug walk and let the kids collect pill bugs and worms to add to the terrarium. Purchase beetles or other insects to add as well.

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