Insects and Bugs Printables
This week’s printables have to do with insects and bugs! When it’s warm outside, insects and bugs can be found everywhere. Take advantage of the warm weather, and go outside to look for all kinds of creepy-crawly things with your kiddos! We hope you enjoy the printables below. If you’re looking for other freebie topics, click here to find others that might interest you. We may also have some freebies that aren’t related to today’s topic. Just scroll all the way down to look for them.
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Insect Life Cycle Unit and Interactive Notebook This resource contains reading passages with real life pictures of all life cycle stages, KWL, an interactive notebook for vocabulary and the stages, reading comprehension, labeling parts of an insect and more! Retail value: $4 |
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Bee Craft with Printable Template Use the free printable templates to make this adorable torn paper bee craft! A writing template is also included for students to write information about bees. |
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Bug Hunt Graphing Game A fun graphing game printable that is perfect for an insect unit. Students move around the game board, collect bugs on their hunt, and graph their results! |
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Ladybug Lane 1st Grade Addition Games Two games for first grade addition skills: Ladybug Scramble (add and subtract multiples of ten) and Ladybug Battle (use strategies for addition within 20). |
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Insect Sensory Bin Fascinated by insects, or totally freaked out by bugs, this is a super-easy bin to create that won’t sting, bite, or freak anyone out. |
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Not So Lonely Fireflies Eric Carle Style After reading Eric Carle’s The Very Lonely Firefly, you and your children will love making your own not-so-lonely fireflies! |
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Bottle Top Beehive and Hand Print Bees Make a beehive with bees using bottle tops and your children’s hand prints! |
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Origami Butterflies These origami butterflies are beautiful and easy to make using coffee filters! |
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Fireflies Using Old Plastic Easter Eggs This is a fun and easy way to use those old plastic Easter eggs! |
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Edible Butterfly Life Cycle Learn about the butterfly life cycle with food! It’s a simple snack to put together, and it’s a fun way to learn! |
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Bug Fossils: A Play Dough Invitation Our most recent bug activity is BUG FOSSILS, in play dough of course and I have to share it with you. |
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Caterpillar Early Learning Pack Caterpillar themed early learning pack includes Language Arts (Upper and Lower Case Alphabet Match and Letter Tracing), Math (Yummy Number Word Fun, Days of the Week), and Science (Life Cycle of a Butterfly Unit and Healthy vs. Unhealthy Foods). |
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Balancing Bugs on a Leaf for Fine Motor Here is a cute little activity that combines in hand manipulation with fine motor control to place objects in just the right place. |
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Colorful Ants An experiment where you harmlessly change the color of ants using what they eat! |
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Egg Carton Ladybugs and Fireflies Instructions on how to craft ladybugs and fireflies from egg cartons. |
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Bug Box Insect Themed Sensory Bin Sensory bins are my go-to for much of our themed play. I love all the open ended play they can provide. When the boys’ interest in bugs started to peak, a sensory bin utilizing one of our favorite play things (Safari TOOBS) was first thing I thought of. |
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Insect Drawing Prompts Draw the missing half of an insect! |
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DIY Butterfly Feeder Tutorial and Printable Butterfly Observation Sheet Investigate butterflies that visit a feeder or flowers in your yard with directions and a printable observation sheet. |
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Free Insect projects for children to get involved with Insect citizen science opportunities for families and kids (elementary and up). |
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Free Shark Games for Kids {Printables} In this post, you will see four different ways to use your shark printable set. You will love these games and your children will, too! Come take a look! |
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Olympic Sports Coloring Pages These Olympic Sports Coloring Pages have most of the games for the 2016 Summer Olympics! |
