Book Club Week 32: The Ants Go Marching

The Ants Go Marching!

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck her thumb
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two,
The little one stops to tie his shoe
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

For the rest of the versus, change to the correct number and use the following rhymes:

The ants go marching three by three,
The little one stops to climb a tree

The ants go marching four by four,
The little one stops to shut the door

The ants go marching five by five,
The little one stops to take a dive

The ants go marching six by six,
The little one stops to pick up sticks

The ants go marching seven by seven,
The little one stops to pray to heaven

The ants go marching eight by eight,
The little one stops to roll a skate

The ants go marching nine by nine,
The little one stops to check the time

The ants go marching ten by ten,
The little one stops to say “The End”,
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain.

“Every letter makes a sound, A says Ah”

Ants On A Log

Using celery as the logs (or pretzel sticks) fill with peanut butter

or other nut-less butter (sun butter for example)

And add chocolate chips or raisins for the ants!

Enjoy!

Make an Ant Collage

Using paper and black paint (or purple for the color of the week)

dip your childs finger(s) in paint and make the prints on the paper

You can get creative with what you have the ants do

(maybe they are coming out of an anthill or carrying goodies back!)

Go on a bug hunt!

There are so many ants outside. You can collect them in a bug jar

or just go on a scavenger hunt and make a list of all the different places

you see ants and other bugs outside!