Exploring Insects

As part of our butterfly life cycle study, we've been learning a little bit more about the difference between insects and other creeping-crawling things.

Insects + Playdough 

I set out a variety of loose parts with our playdough, and many children discovered making prints. 

I love how this is a visual for the parts of an insect: 6 legs, 3 body parts, 2 antannae.

 

It was fun to see what kinds of bugs and insects they created as well.

 

Insect Habitats Sensory Bin

Here they explored making different homes for the insects. 

Insect Number Hunt + Clip Counting

 Exploring insects just seems to lend itself to counting since their characteristics are based on numbers, so I like to expand on that concept with other counting activities as well.