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Learning About Bees

May 7, 2017 By Seemi

Hands on activities for learning about bees in the preschool and Montessori classroom. When you’re working with preschoolers and young children, keep in mind that they need to have exposure to the real thing before working with abstract representations of it.  This is particularly true for nature.  Spend lots of time in nature.  Get dirty, see […]

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, May

Free Printable: Life Cycle of a Ladybug

August 22, 2014 By Seemi

Free Printable Life Cycle of a Ladybug

This is the last of the 5th Anniversary Freebie Fridays for the summer!  Our students come back to school on Monday and we’re going to be busy getting our school year started.  I hope you’ve enjoyed the free printables this summer. Today’s free printable features the Life Cycle of a Ladybug or Ladybird.   I’m experimenting with […]

Filed Under: Printables Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Life Cycles

Free Printable: Life Cycle of a Honey Bee

August 15, 2014 By Seemi

Free Printable Life Cycle of a Honey Bee

This week’s 5th Anniversary Freebie Friday features the Life Cycle of a Honey Bee.   I’m experimenting with the fun and glittery illustrations made by Glitter Meets Glue Designs.  The blacklines are realistic, and the colored illustrations are glittery.  I’m curious to see how the students respond to this new style in the classroom. How To Get […]

Filed Under: Printables Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Life Cycles

Free Printable: Life Cycle of a Butterfly

August 8, 2014 By Seemi

Free Printable Life Cycle of a Butterfly

This week’s 5th Anniversary Freebie Friday features the Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly.   I’m experimenting with the fun and glittery illustrations made by Glitter Meets Glue Designs.  The blacklines are realistic, and the colored illustrations are glittery.  I’m curious to see how the students respond to this new style in the classroom. How To Get This Printable […]

Filed Under: Printables Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Butterflies, Life Cycles

Free Printable: Life Cycle of a Cicada

August 1, 2014 By Seemi

Free Printable Life Cycle of a Cicada

This week’s 5th Anniversary Freebie Friday features the Life Cycle of a Cicada.   I’m experimenting with the fun and glittery illustrations made by Glitter Meets Glue Designs.  The blacklines are realistic, and the colored illustrations are glittery.  I’m curious to see how the students respond to this new style in the classroom.   Related Products In […]

Filed Under: Printables Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Life Cycles

Free Printable: Life Cycle of an Ant

July 25, 2014 By Seemi

Free Printable Life Cycle of an Ant

This week’s 5th Anniversary Freebie Friday features the Life Cycle of an Ant.   I’m experimenting with the fun and glittery illustrations made by Glitter Meets Glue Designs.  The blacklines are realistic, and the colored illustrations are glittery.  I’m curious to see how the students respond to this new style in the classroom. Related Products Click […]

Filed Under: Printables Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Life Cycles

Ideas for a Butterfly Unit

May 25, 2014 By Seemi

Ideas for a Butterfly Unit

Raise caterpillars and observe how they change into butterflies!  See more on our post about Painted Lady Butterflies here. Simple butterfly life cycle sequencing puzzle Monarch butterfly life cycle 3-part cards with objects.  We made this set using images from Google, but you can download a beautiful set from the Helpful Garden. Types of Butterflies- […]

Filed Under: Science, Seasonal Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Butterflies, Spring

Painted Lady Butterflies

May 26, 2013 By Seemi

Painted Lady Butterflies unit

  The Painted Lady caterpillars arrive! Observing caterpillar growth.  These little guys eat a LOT! In about a week the caterpillars made their way to the top of the jar and curled into a J By the next morning they had all turned into chrysalides! Transferring the chrysalides to their new home In another ten […]

Filed Under: Science, Seasonal, Trillium Montessori Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Butterflies, May, Spring

Bugs! Fine Motor and Art Activities on the Shelf

April 13, 2013 By Seemi

Bugs! Fine Motor and Art Activities on the Shelf

We’ve been learning about bugs!  Butterflies, ladybugs, grasshoppers, spiders, and cicadas! Affiliate links are used in this post for your convenience.  Read my full affiliate disclosure here. The children have begun to bring bugs in that they’ve discovered on their walks.  Here we have a black and yellow millipede in this critter case. Examining cicada shells in […]

Filed Under: Art, Practical Life Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Fine Motor, May

Learning About Bugs

April 7, 2013 By Seemi

Preschool activities for Learning About Bugs

It’s spring and the season for bugs!  We have a little guy in our class this year who is going to be over the moon about this unit.  We call him the bug whisperer. Come back next week to check out photos of our Fine Motor and Art shelves filled with buggy activities. Our oh-so-very […]

Filed Under: Science, Seasonal Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Butterflies, Spring

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