Use these free printable insect matching cards to teach preschoolers fun bug facts in an insect theme lesson plan.
This poster is used to show the definition of an insect and the characteristics of an insect. The 20 insects included in the poster set I have posted are sorted on this poster to show which ones are truly insects and which ones are just "bugs". If you purchase the bundle, this item is included. ...
We finished up our butterfly/moth study this week with a little butterfly sipping experiment. The students used their butterfly proboscis (straw) to sip nectar (apple juice) from a flower. After we did this little experiment, the students had to come back and write what they learned about how butterflies eat: Here were some of our centers this week: Matching time to the hour and half hour. Unscramble the butterfly sentences: Sort butterfly nouns and verbs: Next week, we are learning about insects so I will be carrying over some of the activities that are in my Butterfly Bonanza unit. All the above activities are included in this unit and you can check them out by clicking on the picture. For our writing center next week, the kids will be making "Bugs on a Log" and writing a "how to" telling how they did it. These are my old posters that I used for this little activity (back when I literally cut and pasted everything!) These are the ingredients you need to make "Bugs on a Log": Now that I am becoming adept at using the handy dandy laptop, I have updated the old posters into these: After they make their "Bugs on a Log", they will write how to do it on this sequencing/writing form: Grab yourself a copy by clicking on one of the pictures above. To make these posters, I used: Graphics From the Pond http://frompond.blogspot.com Happy Weekend Friends!
As much as I love the hands-on activities and crafts in our My Father’s World Kindergarten Curriculum, I was not very good about doing the Words to Remember badges with my daughter. So, I came
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!
~Malachi is 4 1/2 years~ We had been on a steady course of studying the consonants until we lost our Go For the Code book. So instead o...
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It's the amazing insect world for me to share this week! We actually did this unit a few weeks ago, but better late than never right? LOL! We are blessed in that we own some AMAZING books which really made this week even better! We started off by reading about insects from our Zoobooks... a treasure from when I was little! My mom kept them and shipped them our way! Then we examined some bugs (like grasshoppers and ants) in this giant book of Insects and Spiders (and yes, it IS giant!) that Little Britches received a few years ago from a family friend. What a great resource! Beautiful color pictures and great information--including the type of ants we got for our ant farm! We discussed about what makes an insect and insect and wrote down some "must have's"... (yes I know I spelled Antennae wrong! LOL!) We talked about things relating to ants... We made some ants the likes that you will never see again... So much fun making these buggers...I used half of a egg carton for the bugs, then turned the other half into his paint holder. So handy! I let it dry when we were done so we could use it again. And here are the other odds and ends we did this week... Ordinal Number review A review on clocks, what the numbers mean and where the hands go. We finished our 10 Commandment Train... We made some fingerprint bugs...which turned into grasshoppers, ladybugs, butterflies and ants. This was so simple...just had him put his fingers in paint and then add blobs or streaks on his paper. He would do connected blobs for the ants, a streak for a caterpillar and red thumbprints for ladybugs. Once the paint dried he went back and added legs--making sure he only added 6!--and eyes and spots and anything else to turn them into critters. We observed our ant farm of course--drew pictures of it in our science notebook...and we had a yummy lunch of Friday--ladybug apple, Squashed Bug Sandwhich, Bug Guts Juice...Delicious! But out of everything we did, the two most favorite things were... Making our darling clothespin grasshoppers Materials: Clothespins Googly Eyes (the bigger the better) Floral Wire Paint Glue Gun 1. First paint the clothespins and let them dry. 2. Then snip the wire and form the legs. Attach to the clothespins with glue gun in the *hole* of the mouth of the pin--that trough works great. 3. Next shape and add antennae to slanted part of of the clothespin mouth (hot glue again). 4. Lastly glue on the eyes. Now you have the bugliest bug ever! LOL! and Little Britches getting to type out things about insects on my laptop... Here is what he typed (as he typed it): Insect I lic insect iNSECTs ARE COOL! ANT creepe! The ant GRASSHOPPER! aRe Fun to hold. Can you tell he learned about exclamation points? LOL! So there is a summary of our Insect week...it was very enjoyable and we made a lot of great memories! Links 10 Commandments Train Schoolsparks.com~ Ordinal Numbers
We have been buzz, buzz, busy learning about insects. I do love science, but real bugs, ummmm, no thank you. I'll leave the dissection of insects and up close & personal to 7th grade science. Instead I opted for a cuter insect label sheet. (Please note: animals were not harmed while making the following activities :) Insects Label Insects Label Sp
This is a cute, one-day lesson I found over at davinciswings.blogspot.com. I had pinned this lesson months ago and decided since Spring has sprung and the bugs will be out...what better time to do symmetrical bugs? Also, the 2nd and 3rd graders are working on lines of symmetry. So, we discussed examples of things around the room and in nature that are symmetrical. I drew several shapes on the board and the students agreed on which ones were symmetrical and which ones were not. And, lastly, I showed them examples from Da Vinci's Wings so they could see some student work. (I have no idea why this is in italics, but just go with it...my 'I' button is not working at the moment...) Here are some examples from 2nd grade:
It's the amazing insect world for me to share this week! We actually did this unit a few weeks ago, but better late than never right? LOL! We are blessed in that we own some AMAZING books which really made this week even better! We started off by reading about insects from our Zoobooks... a treasure from when I was little! My mom kept them and shipped them our way! Then we examined some bugs (like grasshoppers and ants) in this giant book of Insects and Spiders (and yes, it IS giant!) that Little Britches received a few years ago from a family friend. What a great resource! Beautiful color pictures and great information--including the type of ants we got for our ant farm! We discussed about what makes an insect and insect and wrote down some "must have's"... (yes I know I spelled Antennae wrong! LOL!) We talked about things relating to ants... We made some ants the likes that you will never see again... So much fun making these buggers...I used half of a egg carton for the bugs, then turned the other half into his paint holder. So handy! I let it dry when we were done so we could use it again. And here are the other odds and ends we did this week... Ordinal Number review A review on clocks, what the numbers mean and where the hands go. We finished our 10 Commandment Train... We made some fingerprint bugs...which turned into grasshoppers, ladybugs, butterflies and ants. This was so simple...just had him put his fingers in paint and then add blobs or streaks on his paper. He would do connected blobs for the ants, a streak for a caterpillar and red thumbprints for ladybugs. Once the paint dried he went back and added legs--making sure he only added 6!--and eyes and spots and anything else to turn them into critters. We observed our ant farm of course--drew pictures of it in our science notebook...and we had a yummy lunch of Friday--ladybug apple, Squashed Bug Sandwhich, Bug Guts Juice...Delicious! But out of everything we did, the two most favorite things were... Making our darling clothespin grasshoppers Materials: Clothespins Googly Eyes (the bigger the better) Floral Wire Paint Glue Gun 1. First paint the clothespins and let them dry. 2. Then snip the wire and form the legs. Attach to the clothespins with glue gun in the *hole* of the mouth of the pin--that trough works great. 3. Next shape and add antennae to slanted part of of the clothespin mouth (hot glue again). 4. Lastly glue on the eyes. Now you have the bugliest bug ever! LOL! and Little Britches getting to type out things about insects on my laptop... Here is what he typed (as he typed it): Insect I lic insect iNSECTs ARE COOL! ANT creepe! The ant GRASSHOPPER! aRe Fun to hold. Can you tell he learned about exclamation points? LOL! So there is a summary of our Insect week...it was very enjoyable and we made a lot of great memories! Links 10 Commandments Train Schoolsparks.com~ Ordinal Numbers
Insects I Spy Printables with realistic looking images of insects and three levels of difficulty #Insects #ISpy
A free printable cut-and-paste activity to teach kids about the anatomy of an ant.
This Insects Roll & Cover printable includes 3 games that support number recognition, addition, and subtraction skills for kids in preschool - 1st grade.
Pre-K & Preschool theme ideas for learning about bugs: insects and spiders Find more Bug Activities for Pre-K Books Check here for a complete list of
Insects Printable Pack with 75 activities for kids ages 2-7 focused on shapes, sizes, colors, sorting, puzzles, mazes, fine motor, math, and literacy.
Free printable insect activity pages and bug coloring sheets that kids will love!
Montessori-inspired insect themed learning activities and free printables aimed at children ages 3-6.
This worksheets allows the student to label the different parts of an insect. It includes a word bank. This goes well with our free insects lapbook.
Insect Counting Mats freebie comes with insect counting mats for numbers 1 through 20. In addition there are five pages of insect cards.
used an ant hill and did fun crafts in the I is for Insect unit of My Father's World Kindergarten.
It looks like I'll be in "butterfly world" for a while with my grandma's party and all. My son' preschool class recently studied butterflies, even grew some from caterpillars (something I plan on doing here after we get back from vacation later this Spring). I had seen this example of an edible butterfly cycle. I decided that we would try it in our house for an interesting snack. I look forward to trying some of her stuff with the Very Hungry Caterpillar as well. We drew the four basic stages on a plate as my son told me about each in detail. It was his job to put everything in the right category. He's a pretty good teacher! We used marshmallows for the eggs, gummy worms for caterpillars, tootsie rolls for the chrysalis and fancy crackers for the butterfly. Very proud of his work (probably more excited to eat it than anything)!
This free worksheet set is the perfect addition to a unit study on Bugs. Includes scissor skills, patterns, simple math, and Letter B practice.
It's spring and the season for bugs! Dozens of activity ideas to use when learning about bugs in your preschool or Montessori classroom.
