Spiders are amazing builders. Today your little one is the engineer: they stretch straws, sticks and yarn across an opening and hold it all together with playdough. Can their web hold a spider without falling down?

We've counted up to 6. Today we add one more and get 7. Seven is five fingers on one hand plus two on the other. It's also how many days are in a week: count them from Monday to Sunday!

Welcome to spider week! We're starting with a snack that's more cute than creepy. A strawberry body, a little round head and eight pretzel legs make a friendly spider your little one can build, count and eat.

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle is the perfect way to start spider week. A little spider spins her web all day long, even when the farm animals ask her to come and play. It's gentle, repetitive and made for small hands.