A is for Ants!

Are you and your little ones reading about ants this week? Children, especially preschoolers and early readers absolutely love to read about ants. There are countless picture books perfect for an ant-themed lesson plan. Some of the more popular ant books are Elinor J. Pinczes's One Hundred Hungry Ants, Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg, and John Nickle's The Ant Bully. If you're unfamiliar with any of these children's picture books, you can read user reviews over at goodreads.com. An ant-themed lesson plan, story time, or circle time activity is never complete without songs and educational material.
Here is a StoryPear.com exclusive ditty you can use as a song, finger play, movement rhyme, or poem with your young students during your ants-themed lesson.

ANTS IN MY PANTS
(sang to the tune of The Itsy-Bitsy Spider)

The little bitty ants

crawled right up my pants

I shook my legs

and I started to dance

out jumped the ants

and they danced right along

and together we all sang

the ants in my pants song

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 To further reinforce the ants lesson you have created, try implementing a worksheet into your day. Here is a literacy based activity young students can work on. This "A is for Ants" free printable coloring sheet advises children to locate the lower case letter a's throught the letter finder. Children color all the letter a's and may also color the ant illustration. This worksheet is the perfect addition to any ant-themed educational plan.