{"id":607,"date":"2009-07-04T02:37:24","date_gmt":"2009-07-04T06:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allida.com\/wp\/?p=607"},"modified":"2024-08-24T20:44:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T00:44:14","slug":"itsy-bitsy-spider-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allida.com\/wp\/?p=607","title":{"rendered":"Itsy Bitsy Spider Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This is a lesson which I prepared to teach EFL students in Spain. In it they practice numbers, learn to indicate up and down, practice the weather, and learn how to ask some questions. This project was done with children between six and nine years of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We used the puppet with the book to sing the song and practice weather words, and sequencing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/allida.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/spiderbookf.mov\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To make the Itsy Bitsy Spider book, you will need<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2 pieces of Water color paper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4 pieces of Printmaking Paper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Crayons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Watercolor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tempera and Watercolor Brushes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A cup with water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tempera Paint<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sheet protectors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A permanent marker<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A towel or soft piece of fabric<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Spray bottle that does a good mist<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A roller or baren<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A stapler or thread to put the book together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"http:\/\/allida.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/spiderpuppetf.mov\" playsinline><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>To make the Itsy Bitsy Spider Puppet you will need<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cardstock in bright colors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oil pastels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scissors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Glue Stick or other glue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A Popsicle Stick<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A piece of paper to make a pocket for the puppet in your book.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Vocabulary and structures that students can activate with this project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clouds, Cloudy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rain, Raining, Rainy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sunny<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wet<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spider<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>numbers 1-8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BASIC: House, Door, Window, Chimney, Roof, Sky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ADVANCED: Water Spout, Gutter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What\u2019s the weather like?\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u2019s raining, rainy\/ sunny \/ cloudy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then what happened? What happened next?\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Then the spider fell down <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ADVANCED: Because the water pushed him<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How many legs does a spider have?\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>other animals too<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a lesson which I prepared to teach EFL students in Spain. In it they practice numbers, learn to indicate up and down, practice the weather, and learn how to ask some questions. This project was done with children between six and nine years of age. We used the puppet with the book to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[945,948,946,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art-teaching","category-how-to","category-language-teaching","category-teaching"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allida.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/P1010174-e1339346484969.jpg?fit=1712%2C2288&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1R2gu-9N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2655,"url":"https:\/\/allida.com\/wp\/?p=2655","url_meta":{"origin":607,"position":0},"title":"Make it Out of the Ordinary: Pixel Magic","date":"May 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Join the #pixelmagicmoon challenge and contribute to our collaborative reIMAGINEd FOOLmoon CommUNITY!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/allida.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/9410AAA0-E7C8-45C3-ABB1-8885EEE8E21A-e1588290063523.jpeg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2377,"url":"https:\/\/allida.com\/wp\/?p=2377","url_meta":{"origin":607,"position":1},"title":"In-between Thoughts","date":"October 8, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Art is a necessary part of my life. 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