Thematic Activities

Get up and get out (if possible) and do a bee dance! https://www.shareitscience.com/2017/06/bee-dance-communication-dance-coding.html

Science Observers Challenge

How many insects have you seen in your yard or house? What type of insects are they? Use an online ID guide if you don't own one at home

• https://www.insectidentification.org/
• http://robdunnlab.com/wp-content/uploads/Final_AOHGuide.pdf
• https://gardening.ces.ncsu.edu/insects-2/

• Bug Theme - filled with educational activities for a weeks worth of learning fun
• Spider Unit for Kids - spider crafts and playful spider activities
• National Honey Bee Day Activities
• Backyard Critters Themed Worksheets - 80+ pages of math and literacy fun for prek / K with a bug theme!

Bee Crafts

Craft bees using toilet paper tubes or anything else laying around your house or recycling bin:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bELQ_jybVFE
• https://fromabcstoacts.com/bubble-wrap-beehive-craft/
• https://buggyandbuddy.com/15-bee-crafts-kids/ 

Use wrapping paper or packing paper to make a beehive

Make a beehive out of a flat egg carton, painting it yellow, or make bees out of egg carton squares

• https://buggyandbuddy.com/egg-carton-bee-craft-yarn/
• https://buggyandbuddy.com/egg-carton-bee/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKWSdGC2BCg

Butterfly and Caterpillar Recycling Craft

Toilet paper tube

• https://www.lookwerelearning.com/making-spring-butterflies/
• https://www.craftymorning.com/cardboard-tube-butterfly-kids-craft/
• https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/butterfly-craft-for-kids-4129195
• https://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/insects/mcaterpillar3.htm
• http://www.preschoolactivities.us/caterpillar-craft-idea-for-kids-3/

• L is for Ladybug Handart
• S is for Spider Handart
• Pop-up Butterfly Craft
• B is for Butterfly
• Tissue Paper Butterfly Suncatcher Craft
• Glow in the Dark Spider Web Craft

Literacy

• Cut & Paste Bug Sight Word Reader
• Peek a Bug Alphabet Game
• Bug Sight Words Game
• Ladybug Alphabet Activity
• Butterfly Rhymes
• Bug Find the Letter Worksheets
• Bee Initial Blends Printable Game

Math

• Silly Worm Count to 10 with stickers
• Count to 10 Bug Coloring Book
• Hands-on Count to 10 Spider Playdough Mats
• Catch 20 Bugs Counting Game
• Count to 30 Bug Printable
• Butterfly Addition Printable Puzzles
• Ladybug Counting Mats
• Spider Shape Worksheets
• Super cute, Bug Ordinal Number Worksheets

• Ladybug Addition Math Game
• Measuring Bugs
• Butterfly Spring Addition Mats
• Spider Counting Game
• Bugs I Spy Game
• Spider Shape Activity
• Butterfly Missing Addend Clip Cards
• Insect Telling Time Puzzles

Science

• Ladybug Life Cycle
• Life Cycle of an Ant
• Bug Sensory Bin
• Life Cycle of a Butterfly Printable
• Spider Life Cycle Worksheets
• No Stick Spider Slime Recipe
• All About Worms Worksheets
• Worm Observation Book