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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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