Spiders, Bats, and Pumpkins, Day Three

Today, you will make a paint “spider web.” There are two ways to do this.

(1) Put a piece of black paper into a shirt box, or cut it into a circle and place it inside a cake pan. Put a small dab of white paint into the center of the paper and have the students roll a marble around in the paint.
(2) Use a switch-operated paint spinner, available from Ablenet (or you can buy one at a discount store and have it switch-adapted if you have access to this service). Cut squares of black paper to the correct size to fit into the spinner. Position them in the spinner and put white paint on them, then have the students hit the switch to spin the paint. This allows students with physical disabilities to more fully participate in the art activities.
Once the paint has dried, the students can place a spider sticker “into” their spider web.

Put a giant spider web-a bag of cotton fiberfill-into your sensory table. Put plastic spiders or spider rings into it. Have the students pull the “web” apart to try to find the spiders. Count how many spiders they find; sort them by size, color, etc.

For math, have your students create, copy, and/or extend patterns with spiders. They could even string the spider rings onto a piece of string or yarn to make a necklace.