Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for Sophie's Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli!
Leanna and I have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting on Monday, April 19th (today), the kits will be available to pick up for our online storytime.
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book, and have fun doing the activities!
"Sophie's Masterpiece" by Eileen Spinelli
"Sophie's no ordinary house spider. She's an artist; and every web she spins is more wondrous than the one before. But don't mention that to the guests at Beekman's Boardinghouse, because they don't like spiders."
Everything is yours to keep!
You will have the book read to you by actress CCH Pounder. She did such a great job, we hope you enjoy her reading as much as we did!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of Sophie's Masterpiece by Eileen Spinelli
information page
colors game (5 colored spiders)
a flyer for this website
5 activity pages
2 coloring pages
rhymes/song pages with web links (instruments included)
Spider web craft
3 magnets from the story
stickers
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included spider handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the yellow spider?
Yellow spider, yellow spider?
Can you show me the yellow spider?
And wave it in the air?
Red… blue… green… purple
Hold It High – Choose one spider from handouts
Hold your spider high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your spider below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your spider against your nose
Now touch the spider to your toes
Touch your spider to the ground
Now wave that spider all around!
Hold your spider in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your spider and jump up high!
Now let your spider fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Itsy Bitsy Spider by Little Angel
There’s a Spider on the Floor by the Kiboomers
Eentsy Weentsy Spider by Pinkfong
The Spider by Bichikids
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
The Spider Spins A Web
(Tune: “Farmer In The Dell”)
The spider spins a web.
(bounce child to the beat)
The spider spins a web.
Round, round, up and down,
(lift child up and down)
The spider spins a web.
She spins it in and out.
She spins it in and out.
(move child forward and back)
In out and in out and out,
She spins it in and out.
She spins it back and forth.
She spins it back and forth.
(tilt child from left to right)
Back and forth and back and forth
She spins it back and forth.
ACTION RHYMES
Spider, Spider
(tune: “Wheels on the Bus”)
Spider, spider, weave and weave.
(Lock thumbs together, wiggle fingers like a spider)
Weave and weave, weave and weave
(interlace fingers)
Spider, spider, weave and weave.
(Lock thumbs together, wiggle fingers like a spider)
It’s time to spin your web.
Spider, spider, round and round
(Lock thumbs together, wiggle fingers like a spider)
Round and round, round and round,
(turn hands in circles)
Spider, spider, round and round
(Lock thumbs together, wiggle fingers like a spider)
It’s time to spin your web.
Spider Dance
(Tune: “Farmer In The Dell”)
Spiders crawl around,
(children crawl around)
Spiders up and down,
(stand up, bend down)
Spiders, spiders make a web,
( spin hands in circle)
Spiders circle ‘round.
(walk around in a circle)
Spiders in and out,
(crawl fingers on left hand, down and back on right arm)
Spiders all about,
(repeat crawl action)
Spiders, spiders make a web,
( spin hands in circle)
Spiders now sit down.
(sit down)
I Have a Little Spider
I have a little spider, I’m very fond of her
She climbed up my arm, and then onto my shirt
(One hand does a spider crawl, up arm, then shoulder)
She climbed down my chest, and then down my leg,
(crawl other hand to touch chest, then leg)
And now she’s very tired so I put her back to bed!
(rest head on hands and close eyes)
EXTRA LINKS!
Eileen Spinelli’s website:
Artist Jane Dyer’s website:
CCH Pounder’s website:
Reading Is Fundamental’s page on Sophie’s Masterpiece:
Let us know what your little ones thought of Sophie's Masterpiece! What did they think of the activities? Do you have any suggestions for us?