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Need ideas for teaching with an insect theme in your classroom? You’re in the right place! Save time with these insect activities and done-for-you resources to help you teach better and live more.

 

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Butterfly Matching Game for Preschoolers

A cooperative butterfly game that involves matching colors and exploring butterfly body parts; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; Pre-K Spring Game

Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft

Easy Paper Butterfly Art Projects for Preschoolers

Three easy paper butterfly art ideas for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; Pre-K Spring art activity; butterfly and insects art project.

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Science for Kids: Raising Butterflies in Preschool

Raising butterflies provides lots of real-world experiences and plenty of science learning opportunities for your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids.

Bug Games for Kids

Bug Games for Kids: Slugs, ladybugs, and more!

Fun bug games your kids will love! Use hands-on games to teach academic concepts and make learning more playful and fun for your kids.

Bug and Insect Songs for Preschool Kids

Songs About Bugs and Insects for Preschool Kids

Songs about bugs and insects for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids. The best teacher approved songs about butterflies, ladybugs, and more!

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Caterpillar and Butterfly Life Cycle Art Activity: Shape Caterpillars

Use shapes to create a caterpillar and a book of caterpillar life cycle or butterfly life cycle; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Spring Art Project

Hatching Butterflies in Preschool

Life Cycle Of A Butterfly For Kids

Learning about the butterfly life cycle in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom. Your kids will love watching their butterflies grow!

Butterfly Activities

Butterfly Activities for Preschoolers

A collection of butterfly activities and the butterfly life cycle; great for an insect or spring theme in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.

Catching Bugs Game for Preschool

Catching Bugs Counting Game For Preschoolers

Springtime is a great time to explore insects, butterflies, or bugs. Focusing on a theme or concept throughout the classroom helps preschoolers think about those concepts in different ways. This catching bugs counting game for preschoolers can support your insect/bug theme and help preschoolers develop important number sense skills. Catching […]

coffee filter butterfly for preschool

Coffee Filter Butterfly Craft for Preschool

Coffee filter butterfly craft your preschool and kindergarten kids can make. This fun craft requires few supplies and is super easy to make!

Hungry Caterpillar Ideas

25 Activities for The Very Hungry Caterpillar

25 hungry caterpillar activities for exploring Eric Carle’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar; for preschool, pre-k,and kindergarten.

Bug Play Dough Activity

A fun bug play dough activity for preschool and pre-k. Your kids will have a blast making butterflies, ladybugs, and more with this bug theme activity!

Butterfly Life Cycle Sensory Bin

Butterfly Life Cycle Sensory Bin

This colorful cycle sensory bin is a fun way to explore the life stages of the butterfly and build some important math skills.

Bug Alphabet Activity

Insect Alphabet Letters Matching Game

In this fun matching insect alphabet activity preschoolers look at characteristics of insects and match uppercase and lowercase letters.

Bee Fine Motor

Bumble Bee Hive Fine Motor Game

A fun beehive fine motor and counting activity for preschoolers to practice fine motor and early math skills with an insect theme..

Bug Classification Game

Printable Insect Classification Activity

Insect classification activity for preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten. A fun, hands-on activity to develop classification skills while learning about bugs.

Bug Books for Kids

40 Books about Bugs and Insects for Preschool Kids

More than 40 picture books about bugs and insects to read aloud to kids in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.

Bug Theme Learning Activities for Preschool and Kindergarten

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Bug theme ideas and activities for teaching and learning about bugs and insects in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Insect and Bug Books You can find my recommended book list about insects and bugs HERE. Insect and Bug Literacy Activities Buzz! Alphabet Identification Game Both the upper and lower case versions […]