Worms

Crafts

*plastercine worms
*worm trails (string painting)
*felt worms (stuff with cotton)
*sand art - use styrofoam peanuts for the worms
*plastic bottle worm home

Science

*observe worms by digging in soil outdoors
*set up and/or view how a composter works
*set up a worm home for observation

Block Area

*add stuffed worm toys

Dramatic Play

*set up an indoor garden with plastic flowers, flower pots, and watering cans

Circle Time

Songs:

*Willy the Worm
*Worm in an Apple
*Inch-worm

Stories:

*Richard Scarry Stories (Lowly Worm)
*The Magic Box in My Backyard
*Worms Wriggle

Games:

*Music and movement - move like worms
*Have worm races

Water & Sand Play

add plastic worms and shovels in the sand table

Outdoor Play

*look for and observe worms

Field Trips / Special Days

*visit a garden centre or nursery
*Have a Wacky Worm Day - do worm crafts, make worms in dirt with gummy worms, make chocolate coated worms in dirt (rolled cookies, dipped in chocolate, and layed out on crushed graham crackers), hold, touch, and observe worms, discuss all the ways that worms help us


Songs


Printouts

worm story      

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