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1Warm up

Meet the bugs.
Count the legs.

A pair means 2. Tap each pair of legs. Watch them light up and count along!

Try saying it: “Two, four, six — that's three pairs of legs!”

2Game

Leg hunt
in the grass.

A bug turns up! Tap its legs two at a time, then tap the right number.

Grown-up, ask: “How did you know it was eight? Did you count in twos?”
Bug 1 / 5How many legs?
tap a pair of legs 👇

3Think

What comes
next?

Bugs walk in patterns. Bugs, bugs, spider… and numbers too: 2, 4, 6…

Stuck? Say the pattern out loud slowly. Your ears will hear the answer.

1 of 5 — finish the pattern

4Words

Build the
bug words.

Look at the bug. Tap the letters in the right order to write its name.

Sound it out: “a… n… t… ant!” Then hunt for those letters in real words today.

5Go outside

Take it
into the garden.

Tap each job when you have done it. Real bugs are the best bugs!

No garden? Look under a shoe, behind a plant pot, or count the legs of your toy spiders.

    Grown-up corner — the lesson plan

    Learning goals

    • Skip-count in 2s to 12 using a real reason (legs come in pairs).
    • Keep one-to-one correspondence while counting objects that move around.
    • Recognise, extend and describe patterns (AB, AAB) with objects and numbers.
    • Segment and blend 3–6 letter words; build them from letter tiles.
    • Vocabulary: pair, count, skip-count, pattern, legs, zero, next.

    Before you start (3 minutes)

    Sit on the floor together. Count your own hands: “2, 4, 6, 8, 10 fingers!” Then whisper that today bugs are being counted in twos because legs come in pairs.

    During the lesson, ask

    • “How many pairs does a spider have? How did you work that out?”
    • “Which bug surprised you? Why does a worm get a zero?”
    • “If I add one more pair to this ladybird, how many legs now?”

    Watch for

    • Pointing too fast: have them say each number aloud before tapping the next pair.
    • Forgetting 2s: go back to pairs of real objects — shoes, buttons, two pebbles per bug.
    • Letter order: cover the tiles, say the word slowly, and let them hold the next letter.
    • Done early? Add the centipede to 20, or count the legs of two ladybirds (6 + 6).

    Offline materials

    12 pebbles, paper, crayons, playdough, celery + peanut butter + raisins (“ants on a log”, count raisins in 2s).

    Month 2 at a glance

    1–3Counting to 10 · number lines
    4–6Letter sounds: s a t p i n
    7–9Colours, shapes & sorting
    10More & less with pebbles
    11How many legs? — counting in 2s today
    12Where do bugs live? — homes & habitats
    13–14Life cycle of a butterfly (ordering 1–4)
    15Week review: bug market play

    Time on task

    About 25–35 minutes if you take the stations one at a time. Splitting it into two sittings (1–3, then 4–5) is completely fine at six.