Programs

Hickman

June 4 –Patrice Heiken Puppets Doctor DoLittle’s Insect Circus Featuring Creepy Crawly Bugs and other creatures!

June 11- Karl Flood Featuring B.U.G. (Beautifully Unique & Gifted)

June 18 -  Paula Clark 4-H Presentation Entomology Project For State fair

June 25 Buggy Carnival---Prizes! SRP rap up.

All programs are on Wednesdays

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2:00 pm

Links

A To Z Kids Stuff on Bugs
Activities, rhymes, games, coloring sheets – all on bugs!

Ant Boy’s Bug World
A nine year old bug enthusiast’s favorite bug sites.

Bug Crafts for kids!
Try one of these insect-themed arts and crafts projects from this Family Fun site. You'll find everything from crazy & cute to creepy & crawly!

Catch The Reading Bug Song
2008 theme song for “Catch the Reading Bug” by performers Buck and Elizabeth out of the state of Washington. You can download and use with your program.

Cool Bug Stuff
A site for families, teachers, parents, and kids which has a “Cool Bug Parents” section for fun projects & activities. The site also includes a “Cool Bug Teachers” section for educational & learning activities. Lots of Cool Bug Facts too!

DLTK Insect and Bug Activities
Coloring pages, crafts, games, handouts, songs/rhymes, and recipes – all on bugs (recipes are for treats that look like bugs – no insect surprises inside!)

Fun Insect Websites
University of Wisconsin Etymology Home page. Includes lesson plans, fun facts about insects and much more.

Insect Jokes
Clean insect jokes for kids. The site is updated often.

Just For Kids – USDA bug information
The answers to kids’ tough questions on bugs like the difference between a spider & a bug, what bugs eat, who eats bugs, and much more.

Library Palooza “Catch the Reading Bug” resources
The site includes resources to support this year’s 2008 summer reading program. Included are font choices, bugs galore coloring pages, and programming ideas, stencils, recipes and much more!

PestWorld for Kids
Exploring pest ecology for elementary-age students

Preschool Education “bug” food snacks
Easy recipes to make that are “bug” related. The site includes ants on a log, caterpillar cake and much more

Fun Stuff

Download the Catch the Bug Rap!
Catchthebug.mp3
You might be able to spot some titles of your favorite books in this really cool rap done by Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (a.k.a. Cactus Sullivan), a performer who does children’s rapping from Asheville, North Carolina. Find out more about him at www.undergroundplayground.net

Dress up your computer
Put our 2008 Summer Reading desktop on your computer at home!

Bug Puzzles
Can you learn about bugs using your local paper? You Bet! Try your hand at one of these quick challenges. (Created by Pam Jaskot with the North Carolina State Library.)

Challenge 1: Story
paperstory.pdf
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Challenge 2: Word Meaning
wordmeaning.pdf
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Challenge 3: Word Match
wordmatch.pdf
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Challenge 4: Bug Talk
bugtalk.pdf
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Challenge 5: Alliteration
alliteration.pdf
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Challenge 6: Compound
compound.pdf
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Challenge 7: Ad
ad.pdf
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Challenge 8: Spiders
spiders.pdf
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Download the Full Ad Set
NIEADS.zip (15 MB)

Where does the spider go when you move your mouse?