Ladybugs used to be one of my favorite insects....so cute....so harmless.....right??  That all changed one summer when my house was infested with about a million or so of the little creatures!!  Nothing is cute or harmless when they come by the millions!!  I tried to hide my personal trauma associated with today's topic....the kids certainly helped.....they LOVE ladybugs!!

Today's book was The Very Lazy Ladybug by Isobel Finn and Jack Tickle.  This ladybug is so lethargic that she doesn't even know how to fly. She decides to look for a new sleeping spot, and, since her mobility is restricted, she latches on to a number of passing animals. As she soon finds out, a kangaroo is too bouncy, a monkey's incessant swinging makes her dizzy, and a tiger's roaring makes it too noisy to sleep. Finally, she thinks she's found the perfect spot-on the trunk of an elephant. However, the elephant sneezes and the ladybug is launched into the air and has to fly at last. The kids thought that the book was SO funny! 

We made ladybug books that were all about WHERE the ladybug was in comparison to other insects.  The kids had to find the right spot so that their pictures matched what the words in the book said!  It was a great following directions activity!!  Ladybugs were everywhere!!

The most fun part was teaching the kids that you could tell how old a ladybug was by counting the spots!  They thought that was the neatest thing!  It was a huge deal and such a big decision deciding how old each ladybug in the book should be......