Insect Bugs Printable Activity Pack for Preschoolers

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Buzz into learning fun with this Insect Bugs Printable Activity Pack for Preschool and Pre-K! Packed with puzzles, clip cards, tracing, cutting, “I Spy,” counting games, and more—it’s perfect for centers, morning work, warm-ups, or whole-class fun. Comes in both color and black & white to fit your printing needs. A buggy bundle of hands-on fun your little ones will love!

Description

What’s included in this Insect Bugs Printable Activity Pack for Preschoolers?

Literacy

  • Hopping Syllables
    Hop the grasshopper to model the syllables for each word. Includes an activity card and recording worksheet.
  • Beginning Sound Leaf Smash
    Draw a beginning sound picture card from the sensory bin, then squash a ball of playdough onto the corresponding letter leaf.
  • Sight Word Web
    Pick a sight word card, say it out loud, find it on the web activity sheet, and circle it. You can add the sight word cards to a sensory bin to make this activity even more engaging!
  • Beginning Sound Clip Cards
    Clip the correct beginning sound for each insect picture.

Math

  • Bees Tens and Ones Clip Cards
    Count the tens and ones, then clip the correct number. Includes activity cards and recording worksheets in two variations.
  • Patterns
    Choose the correct insect card to complete the AB, ABC, and AAB patterns. Includes worksheets and blank cards to build your own patterns.
  • Ten Frame Addition Cards
    Use bingo chips or other small manipulatives to model the addition equation on the tens frames, then record the answer on the worksheet.
  • Ladybug Addition Cards
    Use mini clothes pegs to model the addition equations on the number line. Record the answers on the worksheet.
  • Bug Ten Frame Mats
    Explore numbers one to ten with these engaging activity mats. Skills include counting, matching, writing, and reading numbers.
  • Counting Ants on the Picnic Mat
    Read the number on each activity card and add the correct number of ants to the mat.
  • Butterfly Roll the Number
    Roll the dice, count the dots, then color the corresponding number on the butterfly template.
  • Counting Mats
    Count the collection of bugs, then place the correct number card beside it.
  • Number Tracing Cards
    Count the butterflies, then trace the number. As an extension, tape a pipe cleaner to the bottom of each activity card, then add the correct number of pony beads.
  • Insect I Spy
    Includes two variations of this fun game. Easy – Use the picture key to find each match and tick it off. Hard – Count how many there are of each insect and record the number.

Shapes

  • Math Link Shape Match
    Identify the shape and number on each spider activity card, then add the correct number of math links and connect it to the matching shape card.
  • Beehive Shapes
    Match the different-shaped bees to the same-shaped hives.
  • Pattern Block Mats
    Use pattern blocks on these picture templates to build different insects.

Fine Motor Skills

  • Puzzles
    Includes picture and counting puzzles featuring a range of insects.
  • Picture Clip Cards
    Clip the little bug that matches the big bug.
  • Cutting Practice
    Cut the cards and strips along the dotted lines.
  • Playdough Mats
    Use the insect templates to build each one out of playdough.
  • Hole Punch Activity Cards
    A fun fine motor skill activity! Use a hole punch to make a hole in each leaf or bug.
  • Life Cycle Hats
    Sort the pictures showing the stages of an insect’s life cycle and glue them to the hat templates. Color and assemble!

Vocabulary

  • Vocabulary Cards
    Includes pictures alongside each vocabulary word. Perfect for pocket charts or wall displays. Also includes cut and paste vocabulary match worksheet.
  • Three-Part Cards
    Match the whole card (with picture and word) to the picture and word part cards.

Plus:

Worksheets

  • Including tracing, counting and graphing, 1 more and 1 less, picture sort, cut and paste name match, and more.

 

 

This Insect Bugs Printable Activity Pack for Preschoolers is perfect for the following learning settings:

⭐ As part of your morning work during spring

⭐ As literacy or math center activities during a unit on insects

⭐ With small groups of students with a particular focus, e.g. recognizing and naming common 2D shapes

 

How to prepare this Insect Bugs Printable Activity Pack for Preschoolers?

✂️ Simply print and laminate each component, if desired. 

✂️ Both color and black and white formats are included, where possible, to suit your individual printing needs.

Suggested materials:

✏️ Coloring materials

✏️ Scissors

✏️ Glue

✏️ Playdough

✏️ Dry erase markers

✏️ Dice

✏️ Pattern blocks

✏️ Bingo chips

✏️ Pony beads

✏️ Pipecleaners

✏️ Math links

✏️ Hole punch

✏️ Insect figurines or other manipulatives

✏️ Ladybug figurines

✏️ Colored rice or other filler

✏️ Sensory bin

✏️ Mini clothes pegs

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