Gr8 Spiders

This week we are doing lots of spider activities!  The spider theme is one of my favorites and one that all the kids really enjoy.  Today we did a creative math activity.  I cut out a number 8 and 8 rectangles for each child.  When they chose the math center, I armed them with a glue stick and they glued the 8 rectangles (legs) to the 8 shape.  Then they got a cup of glue, Q-Tip, and six wiggly eyes and they glued the eyes to the 8.  In the end it was a spider!  I had them trace the number 8 with their fingers to reinforce the concept of the number 8!