Insect Printouts and Crafts

After it rains have your child join the
Mosquito Patrol!

Make a Ladybug Vest

Make a "Don't Bug Me" Doorhanger

Ladybug Crafts

Bug or Insect Crafts for Kids
http://www.daniellesplace.com/html/bugs.html

Saltdough Ladybug
http://www.kinderart.com/crafts/ladybugsalt.shtml

The Learning Page Insect http://www.learningpage.com/
You need to register to see all the insect pages but it's free!
Sign in, choose theme sheets, the green insects/spiders tab,
then on the green menu bar choose from fact file, fun sheets, murals,
cut outs, lesson plans, teaching notes, and recommended reading.

Insect Coloring Pages and Name That Bug Game
http://www.orkin.com/learningcenter/kids_and_teachers_games.aspx


Ants Theme Page   Butterflies Theme Page  Spiders Theme Page

Mrs. Jones has Antlions in her yard!
These hairy, backward-moving creatures also known as doodlebugs
are fascinating insects to watch. Here are some videos of an Antlion.

What's That Bug?
http://www.whatsthatbug.com/
Identify the bugs you find by comparing them to their photos.

AntBoy's Bug World
Ants  Bees  Butterflies  Roaches  Other Bugs

Bugs Caught in the Web
An Internet Field Trip

Just For Kids: Ways To Be Safe:
Bugs and Other Creepy Crawlies

Bug Bites from Kid's Health

Tales From The Hive
A PBS Nova cinematographer filmed inside a hive.
Learn about life in a honeybee beehive.

Insect Photos

http://www.insects.org/
See insects for the miniature marvels they represent
and understand how intertwined our cultures have become.

Insectclopedia

Insect Websites from About.Com

The Virtual Roach
Learn about roach anatomy and do a virtual dissection!

The Insects Home Page

Lots of Links to Insect Images

Creepy Crawlies Links

Index of Internet Resources on Insects

20 Insect Lessons for K - 3

Lots of Insect Links

Insects on the Internet
Many places to go!

Songs

Check out some of our Sing Along Songs:
The Ants Go Marching   The Life of a Butterfly   I'm a Butterfly Song
The Insect Song   The Insect Song Too   The Buggy Wuggy

Bug Songs and Poems
http://www.preschooleducation.com/sbug.shtml
http://www.geocities.com/melissajl2000/insect_poems.htm

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The Bug Song
Tune: Oh, When The Saints Go Marching In

Oh, when the bugs go marching in,
Oh, when the bugs go marching in,
Oh, how I'll see the ants and the beetles,
Oh, when the bugs go marching in.

Oh, when the bugs begin to crawl,
Oh, when the bugs begin to crawl,
Oh, how I'll see the roaches and termites,
Oh, when the bugs begin to crawl.

Oh, when the bugs come flying in,
Oh, when the bugs come flying in,
Oh, how I'll see the moths and mosquitoes,
Oh, when the bugs come flying in.

Oh, when the bugs begin to buzz,
Oh, when the bugs begin to buzz,
Oh, how I'll hear the bees and cicadas,
Oh, when the bugs begin to buzz.

Oh, when the bugs begin to leap,
Oh, when the bugs begin to leap,
Oh, how I'll see the fleas and the crickets,
Oh, when the bugs begin to leap!

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The Life Of A Butterfly
Tune: Skip To My Lou
Sing Along to this song.

I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
I'm a caterpillar, wiggle with me,
What'll I be, my darlin'?

A chrysalis, now sleep like me,
A chrysalis, now sleep like me,
A chrysalis, now sleep like me,
What'll I be, my darlin'?

A butterfly, come fly with me.
A butterfly, come fly with me.
A butterfly, come fly with me.
Come fly with me, my darlin'.

Now all together, let's do all three.
A caterpillar, a chrysalis,
A butterfly - three.
Move your body like this with me.
The life of a butterfly, darlin'.

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Found A Butterfly
Tune: Oh, My Darling

Found a butterfly,
Found a butterfly,
Found a yellow butterfly.
It was sipping the sweet nectar
From a flower by the fence.

Tried to catch him
In a bug net,
To keep him for my pet.
But he fluttered by,
Oh, sweet butterfly.
Haven't caught a pet yet!

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I'm a Firefly
Tune: I'm a Little Teapot

I'm a little firefly
Look at me!
I'm as happy as I can be.
See my light flicker and shine so bright
Now watch me fly into the night!

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Pretty Ladybug
Tune: The Muffin Man

Ladybug has 1 black spot,
1 black spot, 1 black spot;
Ladybug has 1 black spot,
Pretty ladybug!

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Bug Song
Tune: Are You Sleeping

Big bugs, small bugs,
Big bugs, small bugs,
See them crawl, On the wall.
Never, never falling,
Never, never falling
Bugs, bugs, bugs,
Bugs, bugs, bugs

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Bumble Bee
Tune: Jingle Bells

Bumble Bee, bumble bee,
Landing on my nose,
Bumble bee, bumble bee,
Now he's on my toes.

On my arms, on my legs,
On my elbows.
Bumble bee, oh bumble bee
He lands, and then he goes.

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Insect Song
Tune: The Wheels on the Bus

The firefly at night goes blink, blink, blink,
Blink, blink, blink. . blink, blink, blink.
The firefly at night goes blink, blink, blink,
All around the town!

(Other Verses)
The bees in the flowers go buzz, buzz, buzz...
The ants in the grass go march, march, march...
The crickets in the leaves go chirp, chirp, chirp...
The caterpillar in the field goes creep, creep, creep...

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Fly On My Toe
Tune: Farmer in the Dell

A fly is on my toe,
A fly is on my toe,
Hi-ho, just watch me blow.
A fly is on my toe.

Other Verses
A fly is on my nose.., my head, my ear, my elbow, my knee, etc...

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Bugs

June bug, stink bug,
Ladybug, chinch bug,
Water bug, pink bug,
Please-don't-pinch bug!

Horsefly, housefly,
Dragonfly, deer fly,
Firefly, fruit fly,
Buzzing-in-your-ear fly!

Honeybee, bumblebee,
Queen bee, drone bee,
Worker bee, nurse bee,
Leave-me-alone bee!

Gypsy moth, luna moth,
Beetle and mosquito,
Bugs and insects
Really are neat-o!

Cockroach, katydid,
Cricket and cicada,
Grasshopper, mantis,
Catch you all later!

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Bug Fingerplay

1, 2, 3 (hold up fingers)
There is a bug on me! (point to shoulder)
Where did it go? (brush off)
I don't know! (shrug shoulders, look puzzled)

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Pretty Ladybug
Tune: The Muffin Man

Ladybug has 1 black spot,
1 black spot, 1 black spot;
Ladybug has 1 black spot,
Pretty ladybug!

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I'm a Firefly

I'm a little firefly, look at me!
I'm as happy as I can be.
See my light flicker & shine so bright
Now watch me fly into the night!

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Ladybugs

Lady bug, lady bug,
How are you today?
Lady bug, lady bug,
Are you going to stay?
Lady bug, lady bug,
Or will you fly away.

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Never Hurt a Ladybug
Tune: Yankee Doodle

Ladybugs are in my yard.
Just look at them devour
Those pesky aphids on the leaves
Of Mother's pretty flowers.

Never hurt a ladybug.
We need them in the garden.
Ladybugs help flowers grow
So we must never hurt them!

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Ladybug Rhyme

Ladybug, ladybug, (move fingers)
Let me see your crawl, (crawl slowly on all fours)
Hurry after those harmful bugs (move quickly on all fours)
But be careful, do not fall! (fall over)

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An Anthill

Once I saw an anthill, with no ants about;
So I said, "Dear little ants, please come out?"
Then as if the little ants had heard my call,
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 came out and that was all.

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Five Little Ladybugs

5 little ladybugs climbing up a door
One flew away then there were four

4 little ladybugs sitting on a tree
One flew away then there were 3

3 Little ladybugs landed on a shoe
One flew away then there were two

2 little ladybugs looking for fun
One flew away and then there was 1

One little ladybug sitting in the sun
1 flew away and then there was none

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Eight Ants

1 ant, 2 ants, 3 ants, 4.
My picnic is their grocery store
5 ants, 6 ants, 7 ants, 8.
They are crawling on my plate!

8 ants,7 ants, stomp around.
6 ants, 5 ants on the ground.
4 ants, 3 ants, on the run!
2 ants, 1 ant. Now there's NONE!

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Here Is The Beehive

Here is the bee hive (hold fist together)
But where are all the bees (hold up hands)
Hiding very carefully. . . 1,2,3,4,5 (Hold up fingers)
Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!! (Walk and sting someone)

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The Insect Song
Tune: 3 Blind Mice

Buzz, buzz, buzz.
Bumblebees buzz.
Buzz over here.
Buzz over there.
They buzz up high and they buzz down low.
Around and around and around they go.
They buzz-buzz fast, and they buzz-buzz slow.
Oh, bumblebees buzz!

Repeat the song, replacing the insect name and its corresponding action word with each of these word pairs in turn: grasshoppers/hop, butterflies/flutter, little ants/run, ladybugs/fly, crickets/jump.

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Insect Parts
Tune: Head, Shoulders Knees and Toes

Head, thorax abdomen, six legs
Head, thorax abdomen, six legs
And eyes and ears and antennae
Head, thorax abdomen, six legs

Point to the appropriate parts on your body for each of the insect parts. Put up index fingers and wiggle them for antenna, and put three fingers out on each side for 6 legs!!

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Insect Parts
Tune: It Ain't Gonna Rain No More

An insect has three body parts,
No more, no less than three:
Head and thorax, abdomen -
It sure makes sense to me!

The head has mouthparts well designed
And compound eyes as well.
Antennae sense the world around:
They feel and hear and smell.

The thorax is where legs are joined
Three pairs, six legs in all;
Two pairs of wings, or one, or none,
To fly or jump or crawl.

The abdomen is where are found
The systems that it needs
To breathe, to reproduce, digest
The food on which it feeds.

An insect has three body parts,
No more, no less than three:
Head and thorax, abdomen -
It sure makes sense to me!

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Six Buzzing Bumblebees

Six buzzing bumblebees
Flying around the hive,
One buzzes off
And that leaves five.

Five buzzing bumblebees
Flying near my door,
One buzzes off
And that leaves four.

Four buzzing bumblebees
Flying around a tree,
One buzzes off
And that leaves three.

Three buzzing bumblebees
In the sky so blue,
One buzzes off
And that leaves two.

Two buzzing bumblebees
Flying by the sun,
One buzzes off
And that leaves one.

One buzzing bumblebee
Looking for some fun,
It buzzes off
And that leaves none.

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Pretty Little Ladybug
Tune: Eensy Weensy Spider

Pretty little ladybug
Climbs up the long, green stem.
She sees some aphids
And hurries after them.
She eats those insects
The ones that are such pests
Then the pretty little ladybug
Flies far away to rest.

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Count the Spots
Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb

Count the spots on ladybug
Ladybug, ladybug.
Count the spots on ladybug
How many do you see?
Ladybug has _____ black spots
_____ black spots, _____ black spots.
Ladybug has _____ black spots
That is what I see.

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I'm a Hungry Aphid
Tune: I'm a Little Teapot

I'm a hungry aphid watch me eat.
Tender little flowers are my treat.
When I'm in your garden I have lunch.
I eat your roses, munch, munch, munch.

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I'm a Bug
Tune: I'm a Nut

I eat aphids; don't you know?
I eat aphids so I'll grow.
I eat aphids; they're the best!
They're for me; don't want the rest.
I'm a bug. I'm a bug.
Ladybug, ladybug, ladybug.

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Five Little Ladybugs

Five little ladybugs sitting in a tree,
The first one said, I'm glad I'm me."
The second one said, "I feel great too."
The third one said, "How about you?"
The fourth one said, "It's time to fly away."
The fifth one said, "We'll talk another day."

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Flies and Bees
Tune: Sing a Song of Sixpence

Flies and bees are insects
Buzzing all around
Coming to our picnic
And landing on the ground.
And when our picnic's over
And we are on our way,
We know that the flies and bees
Will come another day!

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I Am a Bee

I am a bee and I work very hard
With all of my friends in this hive.
I am a "worker" - I work day and night,
So that all of us here can survive.

We work for our Queen Bee every day.
We gather the food and build cells.
We eat pollen and honey to build up our glands,
And we feed the young larvae as well.

So, now that you see what it's like in our hive,
And know some of the work that we do.
We hope from now on that you'll all understand,
That the words "Busy as a Bee" are so true!


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