Insect Bugs Printable Activity Pack for Preschoolers

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