פעילות בחיק המשפחה

• What did the ant say? You may want to look at the illustrations together and look through the book for the ladybird's encounters with each of the other animals: the ants, spider, and cat. Perhaps you could ask your child to tell the story in their own words, and discuss the difference between Iddo's reaction, and the other animals' responses.
• What do ladybirds do? Perhaps you would enjoy stepping out to the park or playground, and look for ladybirds (ladybugs). Will you find one among the leaves, or in the sandbox, just like Iddo did in the book? You could place it gently on your hand. Does it tickle? Does it rest, or immediately spread its wings and fly off? It is of course very important to return the ladybirds to nature.
• Little stone ladybirds You may enjoy collecting smooth, round stones of various sizes, painting them red, and, once the paint dries, marking a black line across them from top to bottom, and adding white spots. And there you have it – a ladybird family!
• Tickling our imagination Imagine how Iddo must have felt when the ladybird tickled his hand, and how the little ladybird felt. You may want to ask your child to hold their hand out like a small bowl, and tickle it. You can pretend the ladybird is strolling across their belly, and pleasantly tickle one another.
• Hiding out from the rain The ladybird found shelter in Iddo's hand. You may want to discuss ways of hiding out from the rain with your child. You could search for umbrellas at home, woolly hats, or any other object used to protect us from the rain. You could also step outside and point to buildings, bus stations, and stores on your way to kindergarten. Can they, too, provide some shelter from the rain?

רעיונות לשילוב הספר בגן

• While reading the story you can use the dolls of the various characters: beetle, ant, spider and cat. You can teach the children, before reading, the poetry of the rain: "Tif Taf, Tif Tif Taf", and during reading the story the children can join whenever the rain drips.
• The children can embody the characters in the book and dramatize the story. It is also a good idea to add ants, tails or cat ears to the corner of costumes, spider and beetle costumes, so that the children can integrate the story into their socio-dramatic game.
• You can go out into the yard and look for beetles. Or do you have a corner in the garden? The treatment of animals gives children opportunities to practice help and compassion. The children will understand that there are all kinds of ways to help, not every animal needs a petting or outing, it is important to look carefully and understand what each needs.
• Following the story you can send parents a drawing of a beetle and ask them to write an example of how the child helps the house, the brothers or the pet. You can view the Mutual Help Bees on a garden board.
• Hiding from the rain can be a great game. You can play one of the favorite rain songs in the garden, every time you turn a rainstick and it makes dribbling sounds, the children run for cover in different places in the garden.

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