These insect printables are such a fun learning activity for kids to do in the spring or when learning about bugs! These pages can help kids practice fine motor skills, handwriting, scissor skills, memory, problem-solving, and more. These activities are great for preschool, pre k, and kindergarten children. Use them at home with your kids or in the classroom!
From insect crafts and themed activities to fun facts and games, these preschool insect theme printables are a great way to make learning fun!
Sensory play is such a wonderful way to engage in hands-on, experiential learning with kids. By using all of the senses, as they will do in this bugs in muck activity, children are better able to remember and process information. This muck has a really fun texture. It looks super goopy and messy but comes […]
Learn about the small world of bugs with these insect preschool activities crawling with fun! Find the perfect hands-on bug activities for preschoolers!
Kids can test their knowledge of insects with this Bug Sorting Tray activity. Perfect for preschoolers and young kids.
Free printable Insects Bingo game for kids ages 2 to 6. Helps kids learn to identify 10 different insects. Just print, play, and have fun!
Don't forget to check out how we made Frozen Dinosaur Eggs in our 10 Days of Dinos unit! I want to start by saying how much f...
These insect printables are such a fun learning activity for kids to do in the spring or when learning about bugs! These pages can help kids practice fine motor skills, handwriting, scissor skills, memory, problem-solving, and more. These activities are great for preschool, pre k, and kindergarten children. Use them at home with your kids or in the classroom!
Have you ever run across a theme you didn’t realize you NEEDED in your life?! That’s our bug theme for us! I really didn’t think LG would be interested, but as soon as she saw what I was putting together she was hooked! So today I’m sharing some of our favorite bug fine motor skill …
This insect movement dice is a free printable for kids. Help toddlers and preschoolers develop gross motor skills while they learn about bugs.
We often use loose material compositions in our classroom as a way for children to tell us what they know. We set out various mater...
These insect printables are such a fun learning activity for kids to do in the spring or when learning about bugs! These pages can help kids practice fine motor skills, handwriting, scissor skills, memory, problem-solving, and more. These activities are great for preschool, pre k, and kindergarten children. Use them at home with your kids or in the classroom!
Yesterday we went up to Oklahoma City so my daughter could receive a Poetry Award (she won 1st place in the 2015 Oklahoma Lore Youth Poetry Contest for 10th grade). Afterwards we decided to stop at the zoo for an hour. Last time we were there, Sullivan was all about the animals. In fact, he spent 20 minutes jabbering to the gorillas. In a dramatic turn of events, he went into hysterics when we entered the ape building this time. He started screaming "No monkey!" No monkey!" when the orangutan got close to the window. So...we headed for the gift store. After placating him with a new giraffe rubber duck (he has a rubber duck obsession, at last count he had 50+, all unique and much loved, they are his go-to distraction and as toys go, relatively cheap!) I got to peruse the books and found this gem, 10 Little Hermit Crabs, for our upcoming Ocean Theme: It's a super cute counting book with a happy ending (all 10 hermit crabs show back up on the last page!) We've been finishing up our Spring theme in class - although our butterfly and chicken eggs arrived late this year so we'll be doing our Life Cycle unit in conjunction with Ocean and Farm instead of during the Spring theme as planned. One of our favorite Spring activities was our Pattern Worms. These are super simple and a great quick patterning assessment! I cut pipe cleaners in 1/2 and then twisted one end to form a loop. I had both clear and opaque pony beads, so the kids could choose whatever colors they wanted. Once the beads were in place, I made a small loop at the opposite end and hit it with the glue gun to ensure the beads stayed on.When the wiggle eyes were attached, the kids were thrilled with our "worms" and loved playing with them! The best thing is that everyone can be successful - whether they're still working on AB patterns or have moved on to more complicated patterns (I had a sweetie do an ABCDEFG pattern correctly!) each child was able to create a pattern worm. And, its great fine motor practice to get those slippery beads onto the pipe cleaner! Our Sand & Water Table also got a fun Spring theme activity! I took chenille chickens and baby chick (both from Hobby Lobby's Easter aisle) and added mini eggs (also Easter) and mini birds' nests (from over by the artificial flowers and birds). Then I added some plain white paper litter (from PetSmart - it's meant for small animal cages, but its dye free & dust free so its great for the sensory table!) and some lima beans. The lima beans had upper case letters, lower case letters and the #s 0-20 on them. After the kids had fun playing with the chicks, invariably they wanted something to do with the lima beans! We did everything from sorting them by upper/lower case, sorting by letter/number, finding specific letters, spelling out names etc. This was a super quick bin to put together and the kids had a lot of fun with it. They did wish I had created a sorting mat for them like I did for St. Patrick's Day, so that's on my to-do list for next time I change the materials!
Insect Theme Weekly Homeschool Preschool. Butterfly, bees, and other bugs-- crafts, art, sensory, science, music, literacy, fine motor, gross motor, and more! EASY activities for one week of home preschool bug unit.
Free Printable set of Flashcards with 20 Common Bugs and Insects. PDF Downloadable flashcards for young bug enthusiasts! A fun way (...)
Isn’t it funny how little ones are just curious about everything and totally don’t have that grossed out reaction that we have as adults? I have to admit bugs creep me out, so I was totally not excited for this week’s theme. I tried my best to contain my feelings about insects so Madelynn could […]
Beautiful insects flashcards to print and use in learning games.
Ladybugs, spiders, and worms make for a fun learning experience for kids. Do you know what can make it even more fun and change things up from the same old, same old? How about trying
Help your students learn interesting facts about 35 amazing insects with this set of Charlotte-Mason style FREE Insect Nature Cards
Super cute and simple, Bug Coloring Pages are perfect for learning about insects with toddler, preschool, and kindergarten age kids.
These insect printables are such a fun learning activity for kids to do in the spring or when learning about bugs! These pages can help kids practice fine motor skills, handwriting, scissor skills, memory, problem-solving, and more. These activities are great for preschool, pre k, and kindergarten children. Use them at home with your kids or in the classroom!
Print This CraftOur Printable Bug Game can be used to play a game of Concentration or Go Catch A Bug. ... Read More
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This printable insect sorting worksheet is perfect for your preschool insect theme week! Children can use the insect cutouts to sort the bugs by insects characters like wings vs no wings. They can use the
Insect Sensory Bin for Kids. Great fun for a preschool bug theme unit!
A fun bug play dough activity for preschool and pre-k. Your kids will have a blast making butterflies, ladybugs, and more with this bug theme activity!
My boys always love learning about creepy crawlies, so a bug theme in spring is a MUST. These activities are from my Bugs and Insects Preschool Pack in my TPT shop. Bugs and Insects Preschool Pack Here is a peek inside the pack. Catch a Bug- We love using paper shred from the Dollar Tree as a bin filler. We added paper clips to each bug and a magnetic wand to 'catch' each letter bug. For students that are ready to write, there is a recording page to trace each letter. Swat the Bug- There are sight word cards, or alphabet cards. Call out a letter/word and swat it with a fly swatter. You can tell from the smiles, this was a HIT! Small World Play- Tree stumps, rocks, sticks, plastic bugs, and AstroTurf flooring samples! Counting Spots- Pick a number card and add that many black pom poms to the ladybug. Spin and Cover Bugs- Spin a spinner and name the color. Cover a bug with that same color. Caterpillar Name Craft- Have your students write one letter from their name on each circle. Cut and glue to spell out their name. Sensory Tray- Another sensory tray of bugs and black beans. Cutting Practice- Can you find the bugs?! Fine Motor Color Match- Match a bead to each colored bug. Counting Bugs- Pick a counting card. Count that many bugs into the bug catcher. Butterfly Symmetry Smash Art- I cut butterfly shapes out of cardstock. The boys squirted paint onto one side of each butterfly. We folded the butterflies in half and smashed the paint. These turned out gorgeous!! Roll and Cover- Roll a dice and cover a bug with that many dots. Bug Beginning Sounds- Cover each picture with the correct beginning sound. Bug Writing Tray- Trace each letter in a writing tray of salt. Tracing- Trace each line, shape, or word. Beginning Sounds- Place a letter bead below each bug to identify the beginning sound. Rhyming Puzzles- Match the puzzle pieces that rhyme. Write the Room- Place the bug cards around the room. As you find a bug, write the letter on the line. Make 10- Count bugs onto the ten frame to make 10. Here is a fun and FREE math center activity. Ladybug Counting Puzzles My boys were really interested in learning about bees, so we did a lot of bee themed activities too! Bee Art- We used a potato smasher to paint bees. Then, we painted and printed bubble wrap on a white hexagon to make our hive. When the bees were dry, we added black lines with Kwix Stix and sticker eyes. Bee Hive Counting- This bee hive was made out of a box. We bubble wrap painted the sides. Then, I cut and glued several toilet paper tubes. We placed yellow pom poms and toy bees in the hive. My son used tongs to pull out the bees, and count them. Bee Pollen Transfer- We love playing with water and using pipettes are great for developing those fine motor skills. For this activity, my son used a dropper to transfer yellow water. Bee Sensory Bin- We used kinetic sand as the base, and threw in bees, TOOB flowers, and pattern blocks. Bugs and Insects Preschool Pack If you are looking for preschool themes for an entire year. Be sure to check out my preschool themes bundle! For more preschool fun, be sure to follow us on Instagram @michele_dillon
Teaching about anything creepy and crawly really isn’t my forte. Truth be told I kind of freak when I see any critters running around (let’s not even get into my fear of mice!). But I do my best to suck it up and teach about things like bats and spiders every year and we had […]
Teaching about insects? This flapping butterfly craft actually moves its wings! Kids love this activity and it is easyto assemble!
Invitation To Create: Build A Bug. Open ended creative insect paper craft for kids. Great for color recognition & fine motor development. Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, and elementary children.
Insect Counting Mats freebie comes with insect counting mats for numbers 1 through 20. In addition there are five pages of insect cards.
Making bugs out of play dough and working on scissor skills while cutting the dough and add ons for the insects and mini beasts.
Don't forget to check out how we made Frozen Dinosaur Eggs in our 10 Days of Dinos unit! I want to start by saying how much f...
Free printable Insects Bingo game for kids ages 2 to 6. Helps kids learn to identify 10 different insects. Just print, play, and have fun!
