Spider Delivery Dump Truck

Beep, beep! The spiders need a ride to their web. Your little one loads the number of spiders you call out into a dump truck, drives them across the room and dumps them at the web. Then they count to check the delivery.

What you need

• A toy dump truck (or a box on a string)

• 7 to 10 "spiders": pom-poms with pipe cleaners twisted on for legs, or blocks with a spider drawn on painter's tape

• Yarn and painter's tape to make a web in a corner or on a chair

• Optional: index cards with the numbers 1 to 7

How to do it

1. Make the web. Tape a few strips of yarn across a corner or between two chair legs, crossing in the middle.

2. Call a number. "The web needs four spiders today!" Hold up four fingers or a number card.

3. Load the truck. Your child counts the spiders into the dump truck, one at a time.

4. Deliver them. Drive the truck across the room to the web and dump it out.

5. Check the delivery. Count the spiders at the web together. Did we bring the right number? Then call a new number, up to 7.

Why we love it

Counting out a set number is harder than counting what's already there, and this game practices it again and again. Kids also get to move, push and dump, which keeps busy bodies happy.

Tips from our table

• Start with 1 to 3 for two-year-olds. Work up to 7 for Number 7 day.

• Let your child call a number for you to deliver, and make a mistake on purpose. They love catching you!

• Pom-poms are small. Stay close with little ones who still put things in their mouths, or use blocks instead.

Shop these items

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• Green Toys dump truck

• Melissa & Doug wooden blocks

• Craft pom-poms

• Pipe cleaners

• ScotchBlue painter's tape

• Craft yarn

• Oxford index cards

• Shop everything for Week 7: Spiders

• Starter supplies: the basics we use most weeks

• See every week in our Amazon storefront

More for this week: see all our Spider activities, Letter G activities and Number 7 activities.

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