Spiders Songs, Poems and Action Rhymes
Let's Count Spiders
by Debbie Hasbrook
Hey little spider,
What’s for lunch today?
I see your lovely web,
A hanging in the tree.
It looks something’s caught there,
How many will there be?
Let’s count!
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Materials needed: felt board, yarn web, 10 pipe cleaner spiders to place on the web.
Directions: Recite poem and add one spider. Repeat until you have placed all ten spiders on the web.
by Debbie Hasbrook
Hey little spider,
What’s for lunch today?
I see your lovely web,
A hanging in the tree.
It looks something’s caught there,
How many will there be?
Let’s count!
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
Materials needed: felt board, yarn web, 10 pipe cleaner spiders to place on the web.
Directions: Recite poem and add one spider. Repeat until you have placed all ten spiders on the web.
A Spider Visit
by Debbie Hasbrook
Sitting underneath a tree,
Much to my surprise.
A spider on a long thin string,
Came down to sit at my side.
I looked at her, she looked at me,
There wasn't much to say.
As the wind began to gently blow,
the spider began to sway.
I guess she’d seen enough of me,
She climbed up and went away.
by Debbie Hasbrook
Sitting underneath a tree,
Much to my surprise.
A spider on a long thin string,
Came down to sit at my side.
I looked at her, she looked at me,
There wasn't much to say.
As the wind began to gently blow,
the spider began to sway.
I guess she’d seen enough of me,
She climbed up and went away.
Dancing Spider Web Game
by Debbie Hasbrook
Spider webs are beautiful,
and oh so tricky,
Some of the strings are dry,
and some of the strings are sticky.
The spider has so many legs,
I don’t know what would happen,
If she forgot which string was what,
Always walk webs carefully.
Dancing Web game: Using two colors of yarn or tape make a large spider web on the floor. Turn on spider dancing music and have the children dance only on the none-sticky strings. If they forget or step on a sticky string they are stuck until the music stops. Then play again.
by Debbie Hasbrook
Spider webs are beautiful,
and oh so tricky,
Some of the strings are dry,
and some of the strings are sticky.
The spider has so many legs,
I don’t know what would happen,
If she forgot which string was what,
Always walk webs carefully.
Dancing Web game: Using two colors of yarn or tape make a large spider web on the floor. Turn on spider dancing music and have the children dance only on the none-sticky strings. If they forget or step on a sticky string they are stuck until the music stops. Then play again.
If a Spider Invites You to Dinner
by Debbie Hasbrook
If a spider invites you for dinner,
And you are a bug or fly,
I would be so careful,
Or you may get a big surprise.
The spider will ask you to take a seat,
On a spider web nearby.
But you’ll be stuck, you’re out of luck.
Fly away and you'll be fine.
by Debbie Hasbrook
If a spider invites you for dinner,
And you are a bug or fly,
I would be so careful,
Or you may get a big surprise.
The spider will ask you to take a seat,
On a spider web nearby.
But you’ll be stuck, you’re out of luck.
Fly away and you'll be fine.
I wish I was a Spider
by Debbie Hasbrook
I wish I was a spider,
So tiny, yet so strong.
I would be an artist,
Making webs all day long.
On windy days I’d have some fun,
And sway within the breeze.
On sunny days I’d rest on my web,
And wait for bugs to eat.
by Debbie Hasbrook
I wish I was a spider,
So tiny, yet so strong.
I would be an artist,
Making webs all day long.
On windy days I’d have some fun,
And sway within the breeze.
On sunny days I’d rest on my web,
And wait for bugs to eat.
Spiders have Eight Legs
by Debbie Hasbrook
Most people have two legs,
Most animals have four,
Spiders have eight legs,
Let’s count to eight, no more.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
by Debbie Hasbrook
Most people have two legs,
Most animals have four,
Spiders have eight legs,
Let’s count to eight, no more.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
I'm Afraid of Spiders
by Debbie Hasbrook
I’m afraid of spiders,
Even though their small.
They move so very quickly,
And make no sound at all.
When I find a spider
in a place it shouldn't be,
My Mommy puts it in a jar,
Outside she sets it free.
She says spiders are important,
They have a job to do.
They don’t want to hurt us.
They’re just passing through.
by Debbie Hasbrook
I’m afraid of spiders,
Even though their small.
They move so very quickly,
And make no sound at all.
When I find a spider
in a place it shouldn't be,
My Mommy puts it in a jar,
Outside she sets it free.
She says spiders are important,
They have a job to do.
They don’t want to hurt us.
They’re just passing through.
Itsy Bitsy Spider
author unknown
The itsy bitsy spider
Went up the water spout,
fingers imitate a moving spider
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
fingers imitate falling rain
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
arms make a large circle
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again
fingers imitate a moving spider.
author unknown
The itsy bitsy spider
Went up the water spout,
fingers imitate a moving spider
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
fingers imitate falling rain
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
arms make a large circle
And the itsy bitsy spider went up the spout again
fingers imitate a moving spider.
Little Miss Muffet
author unknown
Little Miss Muffet,
Sat on her tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened
Miss Muffet away.
author unknown
Little Miss Muffet,
Sat on her tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey.
Along came a spider,
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened
Miss Muffet away.
I'm a Little Spider
Sing to tune of "I'm a Little Teapot"
author unknown
I'm a little spider watch me spin
If you'll be my dinner
I'll let you come in
Then I'll spin a web to hold you tight
And gobble you up in ONE BIG BITE!
Sing to tune of "I'm a Little Teapot"
author unknown
I'm a little spider watch me spin
If you'll be my dinner
I'll let you come in
Then I'll spin a web to hold you tight
And gobble you up in ONE BIG BITE!
Spiders
by Janet Bruno
Spiderlings hatch from eggs.
Each one has eight tiny legs.
A spider has more eyes than you.
Most have eight, and you have two.
A spider has two body parts.
Across its web it quickly darts.
From a spider's spinnerets
Sticky spider silk jets.
Spiders feel the frantic tugs,
Of their favorite food; it's bugs!
by Janet Bruno
Spiderlings hatch from eggs.
Each one has eight tiny legs.
A spider has more eyes than you.
Most have eight, and you have two.
A spider has two body parts.
Across its web it quickly darts.
From a spider's spinnerets
Sticky spider silk jets.
Spiders feel the frantic tugs,
Of their favorite food; it's bugs!
The Spider
author unknown
Watch the busy spider,
He's helpful as can be,
Eating insects all day long
Now they won't bite me.
author unknown
Watch the busy spider,
He's helpful as can be,
Eating insects all day long
Now they won't bite me.
Spider Webs
by Amy Goldman Koss
The spider weaves a sticky web
To capture bugs to eat.
What keeps the spider's sticky web
From sticking to her feet?
Spider webs are very tricky
Because not all the strands are sticky.
Unlike the passing hapless fly,
The spider knows which strands are dry.
But if she accidentally stands
Upon one of the sticky strands,
She still would not get stuck, you see--
Her oily body slides off free.
by Amy Goldman Koss
The spider weaves a sticky web
To capture bugs to eat.
What keeps the spider's sticky web
From sticking to her feet?
Spider webs are very tricky
Because not all the strands are sticky.
Unlike the passing hapless fly,
The spider knows which strands are dry.
But if she accidentally stands
Upon one of the sticky strands,
She still would not get stuck, you see--
Her oily body slides off free.
