Fun Bug Learning Activities

I recently shared a roundup of activities related to butterflies, and while butterflies are great, they aren’t the only bugs we should be paying attention to or learning about. So now I bring you bug learning activities having to do with bees, ladybugs, praying mantises and more!

Learning about Bugs

You might be able to find some bugs to observe in the dirt in your own backyard or playground. This super simple “experiment” from Go Science Kids gives you permission to get a little dirty while you’re learning.

I had no idea that you could buy ladybug larvae, but apparently that’s a thing, so you can buy them and raise them to learn about their life cycle as well. Learn more at Crafty Moms Share.

Or you can purchase mealworms and keep them in the classroom or at home. There’s a great lesson outline and printable worksheets for tracking the bugs at Teaching Ideas.

Why not create a cricket habitat and learn about nocturnal animals? Check out this idea at Capri Plus 3.

Bug Learning Activities

Match colors on the backs of bugs with this printable pom pom matching activity from Artsy Craftsy Mom.

Grab some cute bug coloring pages from Red Ted Art.

Learn about the life cycle of a praying mantis with this printable lapbook from Darcy and Brian.

The Wise Owl Factory has a little printable book all about bugs that kids can color and fill in the blanks as they learn.

Homeschool Preschool has printables related to the life cycle of a bee and other bee activities you can purchase.

Bring a little more STEM into your bug adventures by making light up bugs with playdough. Learn how at Mama Smiles.

Bug-Themed Games

Why not play games with bugs? Here’s a bug bingo from Nature Inspired Learning, which has eight different cards to use.

Or try a bug I-spy with this printable from And Next Comes L.

This Catch a Bug printable game from Picklebums is super cute and you can play it in different ways to learn different things.

Get on your feet and move like a bug with insect movement dice from Taming Little Monsters.

I did a post earlier this year with activities and ideas for teaching the alphabet, but a lot or learning letters and recognizing them just has to do with seeing them and working with them a lot.

That means coloring, tracing, identifying things that start with different letters and more.

One way to reinforce the letters is through little activity books like these cute printable alphabet books from Life Over Cs.

These are available for free when you subscribe to her newsletter, and I’d say that’s well worth it if you have a little one (or a group of little ones!) working on the alphabet and letter recognition.

Each mini book includes a collection of things that start with that letter to color, color and read with words that start with the letter, tracing the letter, finding the letter in a grid and other coloring pages with objects that start with that letter.

These little books are super useful reinforcing the different letters and giving kids different activities related to the letters.

If you do a letter of the day or letter of the week you can use a new book for each one, and then keep the copies in your reading center or in a basket where kids can look at them again.

And of course you can add in all the other letter activities you like, go on a scavenger hunt for items that start with that letter, read alphabet books, practice writing letters in rice or with pompoms or playdough or whatever sensory activities you like.

You can grab the free printables when you enter you email address at Life Over Cs, and check out her other great alphabet resources and activities while you are over there.

Do you have favorite activities for teaching letters to kids? I’d love to hear about them!

[Photo: Life Over Cs]

Learning about Bugs

Bug Learning Activities

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