Bugs & Insects

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Roll & Cover
Print out page 5 as a game
board. Roll a dice, and cover a
bug with that many dots.
Roll and Cover

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Alphabet Punch
Print on colored paper. Read the
letter in the center of the card. Use a
hole punch to punch that letter
around the playing card.
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x a b b
s
a m h b e
p j b b
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a o a l a g t b y b
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c b v o
w c c d d d
c k d d
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c o a l c g t d y d
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e e x f

c
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p e p j
e o e l c f o f l f
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e e x h

g
g g h
h h
g e p j
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g o g l c f h h l h
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e i x h

g
i g j
j j
i i p j
i o i l c f j e l j
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k y l l

g
k g l
l s
k k p l
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m m x n

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m m p j
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q y r r

g
q g r
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q q p r
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s s t t

g
s g t
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i o s l c f t e t j
u z u c v v z n f v
u u x u

c
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p u p j
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u o u l c v o v l v
w d k c w a x n o x
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w g r
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 Buggy Beginning
Sounds
Use letter magnets, or letter beads
to identify the beginning sound of each
bug, and place that letter below the
bug.
 ABC Write the
Room
Place the alphabet cards
around the room. Give your
students the recording sheet.
Have them search around the
room for the letters, and write
them on the recording sheet.

**There are 2 versions. One with

letters A-L and one with
letters M-X.
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D
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 G H I

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Name:_________________________

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Name:_________________________

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 M N O

P
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Q R
 S T U

V
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W X
 Buggy Words
Add letters to the playing mat to
build CVC words. Place the purple
vowel cards in the center, and
the consonants at the beginning
and end of the words. Have your
students create and read words.
 Buggy Words

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g h j k
b c d f
a e i o
l m n p
r s t v
u w y z
 Q-Tip Paint
Give your students q-tips and
paint. Use the q-tip to paint
each letter.
 A is for ant B is for bee

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C is for caterpillar D is for dragonfly

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F is for fly G is for grasshopper
 S is for snail W is for worm

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ABC/ Sight Word
Swat
Print out letter cards (or sight
words cards) and hang them up
on a wall. Give your students a fly
swatter. Call out a letter, or sight
word. Let your students find the
word and swat it!
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Caterpillar Patterns
Have your students finish the
patterns using finger paint,
fingerprints in ink, or pom
poms.

Then, use page 46 for your

students to create their own
patterns.
 Caterpillar Patterns

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 Caterpillar Patterns

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 Make 10
Page 50 is the game board. Have your
students choose a card and add that
many bugs to the ten frame. For
older students, you can have them
write out the addition problem.
 Make 10

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3 8
6 5
4 5
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1 6
3 5
7
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Where is the
bug?
Hide the ladybug or dragonfly behind a
leaf. Have your students guess which
leaf the bug is behind, by naming the
number. Optional- have students mark
the numbers guessed on the recording
page.
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 Where’s the Bug?
12345
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15
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Buggy Addition
Roll a dice and add that many
pom poms to the bug. Roll
the dice again to add more
pom poms. Add the pom
poms together.
 Buggy Addition
+
=

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 Buggy Addition
+
=

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 Caterpillar Name
Craft
Have your students write a letter of their
name in each circle. Cut the circles, and
paste them together to form a name
caterpillar.
Bug Counting Book
Use stickers or stamps to count
and add bugs to each page.
I See Bugs

By:____________________

I see 1 bug.

I see 2 bugs.
I see 3 bugs.

I see 4 bugs.

I see 5 bugs.
I see 6 bugs.

I see 7 bugs.

I see 8 bugs.
I see 9 bugs.

I see 10 bugs.
 Writing
Bug cards can be displayed in a writing
center, or use letters to spell out each
word.
There are also bug tracing cards, and free
writing paper.
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 ant bee

beetle butterfly
caterpillar dragonfly

fly grasshopper
 leaf bug grub

lightening bug ladybug

 slug snail

spider worm
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 ant
bee
beetle
butterfly
 dragonfly
caterpillar
grasshopper

fly
 ladybug
leaf bug
Lightening bug

grub
 snail
slug
spider
worm
 Build a Hive
Provide your students with hexagon
pattern blocks. Have them create and
build a beehive. Have your students count
how many hexagons are in their hive.
1 2
3 4
5

6
7 8
9 10
 Rhyme Puzzles
Have your students complete
each puzzle by finding the rhyme.
tree bee snail whale

rug slug eye fly

ant pant pie butterfly

germ worm grub tub

 Counting Spots
Choose a number card. Use black pom poms
or buttons, to count spots onto the
ladybug playing mat.
Counting Spots
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1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
10 11 12
13 14 15
16 17 18
19 20
 Colorful Bugs
Spin the spinner. Identify the color. Cover
a bug with that color on the playing mat.
Spin and Cover
Bugs

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 Catch a Bug
Use a net and plastic bugs, or a magnetic wand and
place a paper clip on the letter bugs.

Create a sensory bin of green Easter grass, or split

peas, or paper shred. Pick a bug. Mark in on the
recording sheet.
A B C D E

F G H I J

K L M N O

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P Q R S T

U V W X Y

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Z
 Catch a Bug
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 Catch a Bug
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 Counting Bugs
Pick a number card. Count that
many toy bugs into the jar.
Counting Bugs

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1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9
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13 14 15
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16 17 18
19 20
 In the grass
Print the bug printable. Staple a green piece
of construction paper over top. Practice
cutting by making “grass”. Find the bugs
behind!
In the grass, I see….
 Fine Motor Bugs

Use tweezers or tongs to place a

colored button, bead, or pom
pom onto the same colored bug.
orange

green

yellow

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red purple
 Syllable Count
Say the name of each bug. Count the
syllables in the word. Sort the bug into
the correct jar.
 fly grasshopper bee

caterpillar grub butterfly

beetle dragonfly ant

lightning bug ladybug

slug worm

snail cricket
 Beginning Sound
Strips
Say each letter and sound. Cover
the 2 pictures that begin with
that letter.
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 Flip & Cover
Pick a letter card. Find the letter on the
playing mat and cover that letter with a
counter.
Flip and Cover

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Writing Tray
Create a writing tray with salt,
sprinkles, or coffee grounds.
Trace each letter.
Aa Bb
Cc Dd
Ee Ff
Gg Hh
Ii Jj
Kk Ll
Mm Nn
Oo Pp
Qq Rr
Ss Tt
Uu Vv
Ww Xx
Yy Zz