5 little lady birds climbing up the door,
one flew away and then there were 4.
4 little ladybirds sitting on a tree,
one flew away and then there were 3.
3 little ladybirds landed on a shoe,
one flew away and then there were 2.
2 little ladybirds looking for some fun,
one flew away an then there was 1.
1 little ladybird sitting in the sun,
she flew away and then there were none.
what to do…
- using black card, cut out your ladybird body template and black circle spots
- cut your paper plate in half
- mix a dollop of glue with red paint
- paint the paper plates with the glue paint
- stick on the black card circles and leave to dry
- once dry, using a split pin pierce a hole through the top of each paper plate and ladybird body, thread through and split
- ladybird complete
then into a little dream adventure…
When making your ladybird craft, think about all the other opportunities you can create for your child to learn:
- go into the garden searching for ladybirds, find one!!! How many spots does it have? what color are its wings? does it fly? does it crawl? is it big? is it small?
- look up the lifecycle of a ladybird, did you know ladybirds lay eggs, up to 300 at any one time!
- read the book ‘the bad tempered ladybird’
- find the nursery rhyme ‘ladybird, ladybird fly away home…’
- pretend to fly like a ladybird
- live a little dream…
