Preschool is all about exploring the world around us and learning about ourselves and others. Our preschool insect & bug unit theme is perfect for that. This unit is best done in the fall or spring when nature’s creepy crawlers are still around. I loved going outside and letting the children play in the dirt to see what they find. Watching them chase butterflies is so much fun. Oh and teaching them that the bees are our friends and need saving is quite an interesting lesson.
Preschool Insect & Bug Unit
I’m sharing pictures from my archives of some of the activities my students liked the most. I love watching them play, use their imagination, explore and discover new things during this unit. Check out these activities for your preschool insect & bug unit theme.
Books
There are so many books that can accompany this unit. My students enjoyed The Very Hungry Caterpillar book the most. I tried to make sure I had a good mix of non-fiction and fiction books for the students to choose from. My students enjoyed looking at the non-fiction books with the real images the most.
Craft
There were countless crafts to choose from for this preschool insect & bug unit theme! I must have spent hours on Pinterest pinning different crafts to my board. To see the crafts on my Pinterest board click here!
Butterflies
Caterpillars
Bees
Dragonflies
Ladybugs
Literacy & Math Centers
Literacy and math centers is always my favorite time of the day! The children get the chance to work together in small groups and that allows me the opportunity to work with students one on one or in small groups. There were so many great centers that went along with this unit! Check them out below!
Bugs Insects Printable Math & Literacy Activities
Anchor Charts
Anchor charts are a great way to visually show information to students in way to help them understand. I like using real life images that the students can relate to and identify easily.
Chip Clip Poems
One of my colleague’s shared these chip clip poem that she found on Play to Learn Preschool’s website. I just love using these chip clip poems with my students. They love the poems/songs and it helps them develop their number concepts.
Outdoor Play
My favorite time of the day is our outdoor time, weather permitting. The children had a blast outdoors during our preschool insect & bug unit. I gave them goggles, shovels and buckets and let them have it! Check out the fun they had!
Sand Table
For this unit I emptied out our sand table and put the filler that is used in gift bags. I found it at the Dollar Tree store! I also found the tools and bugs at the Dollar Tree store in the toy section. The kids had so much fun!
I hope some of these activities from our preschool insect & bug unit theme useful! These are a lot of ideas but just try one at a time! Let me know which one you try and how it works in your classroom!
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