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My Favorite Bug (Spring)

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Take-A-Taste Activities

Grade Level: Pre-k / K
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Synopis:
After students look for insects and bugs on a short nature walk outdoors, they assemble a My Favorite Bug snack.

Activity Objectives:
Students will be able to:

• Talk about bugs and insects they saw on their nature walk
• Use right-to-left sequencing to assemble a My Favorite Bug snack
• Taste their My Favorite Bug snack

Material and Advance Prep:

• Optional: Oddhopper Opera: A Bug's Garden of Verses by Kurt Cyrus
• Print My Favorite Bug rebus recipe (PDF) and prepare recipe cards
• Arrange recipe cards and supplies on a tray
• Set up trays from left to right
• Magnifying glass
• Ingredients for My Favorite Bug - calculate amount for class size
• Paper plates and napkins (1 each per student)
• Review Take A Tasting Survey
• Tasting Chart
• Tasting Passports PDF
• Stickers or rubber stamp for Tasting Passports
• Optional: Food Matters Family Newsletter PDF (1 per child)

What to Do:

1. Optional: Introduce the topic of bugs by reading aloud the Oddhopper Opera: A Bug's Garden of Verses.
2. Tell students that the class is going on a "bug safari" in the schoolyard. Ask students what they think a "bug safari" is. Continue by asking students if they have looked for bugs outside at home and if they can name a few insects or bugs they've seen. Point out that there are many insects in the world. We don't want to hurt insects, because most insects are helpers.
3. Take students outside. Give them time to examine the grass, flowers and ground for insects. When an insect is spotted, use the magnifying glass for students to get a good look at it.
4. Back in the classroom, talk about the bugs that students saw. Then invite students to make a special recipe called My Favorite Bug.
5. Demonstrate how to assemble My Favorite Bug. Role model "trying a new food" by tasting it in front of the students.
6. In groups of 4 or 5, have students wash their hands and assemble their bug. Repeat the demonstration until everyone has made a snack.
7. Add My Favorite Bug to the Tasting Chart. Take a tasting survey. Have the children help count and record the results.
8. Stamp the Tasting Passport for children who tasted their snack.
9. Optional: Send home the Food Matters Family Newsletter.

My Favorite Bug
Here's the recipe for one bug. Adjust the ingredients as needed for your class size.

Ingredients

• 1 1-ounce string cheese, room temperature
• 8 pretzel sticks

Directions

1. Put string cheese on a plate.
2. Press three pretzels into each side of the string cheese for legs. Press the remaining two pretzels into the top for feelers.

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