Use these free printable insect matching cards to teach preschoolers fun bug facts in an insect theme lesson plan.
It's not every day that you can take your kids to another continent to explore the wildlife. Okay, maybe on the "next to never" plan of events. I'm so thankful for our zoos that allow our kids to learn about animals and animal habitats right close to home!
Learn about fascinating bugs for kids with free printable insect worksheets. Fun science activity for grade 1, 2, and 3 for spring!
Help your students learn interesting facts about 35 amazing insects with this set of Charlotte-Mason style FREE Insect Nature Cards
This giant bundle of free Insects Worksheets will help your student learn all about beetles, dragonflies, grasshoppers, and other bugs!
A tale of an IAEA Student Chapter Roundtable Presentation. [flickr id=”6463833451″ thumbnail=”medium” overlay=”true” size=”original” group=”” align=”none”] Before the IAEA Conference, my colleague in the Art Education MAT program, Keli Campbell, and I applied to present at the IAEA Student Chapter Roundtable. Our main interest and goal was to present a demonstration and lesson plan idea on Collagraph Printing. [flickr id=”6463825895″ thumbnail=”medium” overlay=”true” size=”original” group=”” align=”none”] What is Collagraphy? Collagraphy is a print-making process where various materials are glued to a hardboard to create a raised texture. The collaged collagraph plate can then be printed with a press or by hand with a roller. [flickr id=”6463828383″ thumbnail=”medium_640″ overlay=”true” size=”original” group=”” align=”center”] A few examples of various materials that can be used for Collagraph textures are: leaves, seeds, string (hemp), acrylic paint, crushed paper, bubble rap, sandpaper, cardboard, grass, and many others...
These Awesome Insects Crochet Patterns make the perfect companion for adventurers of any size. You can mix and match colors.
Draw the missing half of an insect to complete the picture! These drawing prompts are good for studying symmetry and entomology with kids at the same time.
Peppermint has a strong smell that many pests find irritating. The oil from this plant can be used to deter both insect and animal pests from the home!
These Awesome Insects Crochet Patterns make the perfect companion for adventurers of any size. You can mix and match colors.
Ant 3-part cards focused on ant anatomy featuring 10 cards (ant, abdomen, antennae, eyes, gaster, head, legs, mandibles, petiole, and thorax).
See unique and creative plant life cycle activities and teaching ideas with hands-on plant needs experiments for kids.
Long term preservation of organisms either plant or animal in the best possible condition is known as specimen preservation.
I have learned that if the class is truly interested in something, they will use reading, writing, and math skills as they explore their interests naturally. I observe and listen closely to discover what they are interested in. Sometimes a book or story will spark an interest. Sometimes an interest is sparked by something a friend shared with the class. Sometimes I notice interests by listening to their stories and their play. Our last large group interest was sparked when one of our friends found an almost dead praying mantis. The kids were fascinated with it and wanted to look closer, observe, and find out more. Every time we went outside they wanted to look for insects! I set out some invitations for them to explore insects further. They quickly started looking through books and models of insects to see what they could find out. I started encouraging them to record what they noticed using different materials. One of their favorites was the book Microsculpture:Portraits of Insects by Levon Biss. It truly took a closer look at insects including closeups of legs, wings, eyes feet, etc. it was such a beautiful book. I set it out with materials for them to create their own beautiful portraits of insects showing what they noticed. They are starting to figure out how to try to spell unfamiliar words by writing the sounds they hear in words. They practiced labeling their insects here also. But the insects they got the most excited about were the ones completely covering our milkweed plants! They wanted to know all about them! We looked at a picture of one and made our thinking visible by recording what we saw, thought and wondered. Then we got our Entomologist tools, took them outside and found out everything we could about them! They were amazing and thorough Entomologists! We recorded everything we noticed and then put some of our information in the computer and found out they are called Milkweed bugs! We then did an observational drawing as Entomologists and used our writing skills to label what it is and some body parts. Here is the display outside our room showing everything we learned about them! The other insects all took a backseat to the milkweed bug! I could have done a traditional insect unit, but these kids noticed something in their environment where they could truly experience it, so I followed the direction they took our insect study. I often let the kids direct our curriculum! They show me what they want to learn and I follow their lead and learn along side them. They were much more involved, interested and excited about learning as we followed their interest. Also, this fell naturally into our science standards of living things and what they need! I can’t wait to see what other interests this group will have that we can dig deeper into! They are definitely bringing in leaves by the bucketful... Here are some other things going on in our classroom: We are still working on those fine motor skills! Our finger muscles need a lot of work! Stories are being created in all of the areas of our room as we learn about story making! Here they are encouraged to show math in an open ended way. At the moment they are working on the numbers 1-10, shapes, writing numbers to 10, counting objects and matching to the correct number, counting to 25, subitizing and patterns. They are also learning to notice math all around us and how we use it in our every day lives. Some Fall art inspiration with sunflowers. They drew pictures of Mrs. Coberly wearing Michigan State colors and wrote “Mrs. Coberly loves Sparty!” Then we decorated her door! They loved this! Unfortunately, the Buckeye/Spartan game did not end well for me! It has been a busy place filled with all kinds of learning!
This insect life cycle printable is perfect for all ages. With 10 pages of FREE printables, you'll love having this to explore with them!
Free Printable set of Flashcards with 20 Common Bugs and Insects. PDF Downloadable flashcards for young bug enthusiasts! A fun way (...)
These insect theme printables are all fun and engaging activities for your math and literacy centers this spring. There are 11 insect math activities, 8 insect literacy activities, an insect craft, visual discrimination puzzles and a caterpillar building cards. As you can tell, it is jam-packed with lots of learning!
Learn about fascinating bugs for kids with free printable insect worksheets. Fun science activity for grade 1, 2, and 3 for spring!
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Create my Paper Insect Collection Tutorial with free bug printables! It's like you have your very own bug collection, but it's paper!
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Montessori-inspired insect themed learning activities and free printables aimed at children ages 3-6.
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Don't miss these Adorable Kindergarten Worksheets for May. Get the math and literacy practice with the fun of flowers, bugs, and gardens.
And we are back!!! Spring break was wonderful and just what I needed to get refreshed for the last quarter! I can’t believe I am saying last quarter!! It was so great seeing my kiddos on Monday. Their hugs and excitement on the first day back from break made this week so much more fun! […]
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An okapi was recently born at the Brookfield Zoo and it’s probably the most adorable animal that you’ll have trouble explaining to your friends. We’ve settled o
Today is snow day number 572 for me!!! Not really, but it sure feels like it! Anyhow… I just wanted to pop in really quick to share some informational passages that I have been completing with my students. I’m really excited to get started on these new spring passages!!! PROVE IT!! SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE!! […]
Join me for an exploration of insect science resources on the blog today! You’ll find great read aloud titles, videos, songs, and hands on activities for your entomologists! First,...
Jodi shared her Insects Class plans (K-3rd) with us last week. This week she is sharing her plans for upper elementary. Thanks, Jodi! I taught another co-op class about insects for upper elementary children. We studied a different insect for each of the nine weeks we were in session. You can download the syllabus here. We used …
