With spring right around the corner, it's the perfect time to prepare a study on insects. This compilation is meant to be an easy resource guide for preparing a beautiful insect unit at home. In this collection of kid friendly insect activities you will find a plethora of insect unit studies, life cycles of insects, free printables, as well as specific activities for grasshoppers, butterflies, ladybugs, honey bees, and ants!
Insect Activities & Unit Studies
Simple Bug Hotel for Kids - Red Ted Art
Slugs Preschool Zoology - Carrots are Orange
Insect Sensory Bin - Learn Play Imagine
Worms - A Day in First Grade
Montessori Inspired Bug Activities for Toddlers - Welcome to Mommyhood
Insects: Keep Your Students Engaged - A Day in First Grade
Montessori-Inspired Caterpillar Butterfly Unit - Living Montessori Now
"ih" is for Insects - Study at Home Mama
Montessori-Inspired Insect Unit - Living Montessori Now
Insect Life Cycles
Ladybug Life Cycle Printables - Teaching Mama
Montessori Inspired Life Cycle Activities - Living Montessori Now
Life Cycle of a Lady Bug - The Pinay Homeschooler
Bonus:
Invertebrates Life Cycle Units - Trillium Montessori
Grasshoppers
Grasshoppers - The Pinay Homeschooler
Butterflies
Free Butterfly Nomenclature Cards - The Pinay Homeschooler
Ideas for a Butterfly Unit - Trillium Montessori
Life Cycle of a Butterfly - The Pinay Homeschooler
Ladybugs
Ladybug Math for Preschool, Kindergarten, and 1st Grade - The Measured Mom
Ladybug and Insect Activities for Spring - The Preschool Toolbox
The Ladybug Game Counting Cards for Family Game Night - 3 Boys and a Dog
Honey Bees
Buggin it Up! Tot School (Bee & Insect free printable pack) - Welcome to Mommyhood
Honey Bee Montessori Work - Carrots are Orange
Parts of a Honey Bee (free printable) - Carrots are Orange
I is for Insect (free printable) - This Reading Mama
Ants
Learning about Insect Body Parts (free printable) - Gift of Curiosity
Ant 3 Part Cards - Gift of Curiosity
Ii is for Insect (Live Ants in an Ant Hill) - Learn Play Imagine
Teaching Kids about Ant Anatomy - Gift of Curiosity
Insect Printables
Insects Printable Pack - Gift of Curiosity
Insect Unit with Free Printables - Every Star is Different
Bug Hunt Sensory Bin (bonus handwriting exercise) - Mama Miss
Insects Do-a-Dot Printables - Gift of Curiosity
Learning about Bugs - Trillium Montessori
Insect Nomenclature Cards - Montessori Print Shop
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Wonderful post! It is full of great ideas!
Thank you so much for including my /ih/ is for insects post, Vanessa! This is such a wonderful resource — pinned and sharing!
Thank you Jennifer! I had so much fun putting this post together. 🙂 I can’t wait to use some of these ideas in my own insect unit study. 🙂
What an amazing round up of ideas!!! Thank you so much for including my bug themed tot school activities, too! I’ve pinned and will be sharing on fb soon! 🙂
You are welcome, Yuliya! You write amazing blog posts with beautiful free printables. I love to share your work. 🙂
WOW! So many great resources! It’s the ultimate Spring activity round up. I see several things I can’t wait to try!
Katie @ Cup of Tea
What a great post. I can’t wait to show some of these to my kids. We love getting outside with our magnifying glasses and seeing the world!