Do your students obsess about bugs? Mine sure do. They love talking about ants, scream at seeing spiders, and love discussing worms. Why not dive into that topic and teach them about literacy and math standards involving insects? These products do just that! They are insect activities for Preschool, Kindergarten, and Special Education. Kids find the activities engaging, interactive, and fun! It’s a perfect theme as you wind down the school year.
Scroll through this blog to get a fantastic freebie at the end about the butterfly and ladybug life cycles.
Insects/ Bugs Math and Literacy Centers for Preschool, Kindergarten & Special Education
Use this comprehensive unit to learn about insects. These activities are perfect for whole-group instruction, small groups, centers, or early finishers! This product includes 5 literacy activities, 4 math activities, and 2 science life cycle activities. All activities are created around standards and provide a fun, engaging, interactive way to teach! Kids will love learning all about bugs and insects! Click on the button above to see exactly which activities are included!
INSECTS/BUGS Activities GOOGLE Slides™ for Preschool, Kindergarten & Special Education
These interactive slides can help your students learn about several literacy and math standards during whole-group instruction. They are engaging, fun, and interactive! This digital thematic unit on Insects includes 3 literacy activities, 2 science activities about life cycles, and 5 math activities. Click on the button above to see exactly which activities are included!
INSECTS/BUGS Activities BOOM™ Cards for Preschool, Kindergarten & Special Education
Use these fun BOOM Cards™ during your whole-group instruction to introduce your students to the fun world of bugs and insects! These cards include real-life photos of insects, the life cycles of ladybugs and butterflies, and counting using one-to-one correspondence!
These cards are aligned with Ohio’s Early Learning and Development Standards- Math. I can count to 10 using one-to-one correspondence and identify numerals to 9. They also align with the Literacy Standard- I can Identify real-life connections between words and their use (vocabulary). Additionally, 8 slides with life cycles address the following Science standard- With modeling and support, I can demonstrate an understanding that living things change over time (e.g., life cycle).
Shape File Folders (Bugs) for Preschool, Kindergarten, & Special Education
Use these adorable bug/insect-shaped file folders to make your insect thematic unit fun! Each folder has 12 shapes, with a different insect for each set. These are easy to use, store, and teach from. Keep them in your math center for independent work or for early finishers. They are great tools for small group instruction as well.
Included in this product are the following file folders:
- matching dragonfly shapes to their same-shaped cattails
- matching bee shapes to their same-shaped beehives
- matching fly shapes to their same-shaped frogs
- matching ladybug shapes to their same-shaped leaves
- matching spider shapes to their same-shaped spider webs
- matching lightning bug shapes to their same-shaped night skies
DATA Sheet included!
All pages are in COLOR and in black & white!
Butterfly/Ladybug Life Cycle FREEBIE- Preschool, Kindergarten, Special Education
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