For fingerplays, think "Eency Weency Spider".
The whole summer reading theme for children in 45 states and DC is bugs. "Catch the Reading Bug @ Your Library". I have 9 weeks of storytime. Ladybugs, crickets & grasshoppers, ants, spiders, flies, lightning bugs, crustaceans, the Fourth of July (well, yeah!, and there are ants at the picnic in the story with the little dog), and, um, cockroaches!
