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Butterfly Life Cycle Necklace Craft & Free Printable

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handmade life cycle of a butterfly craft with text that reads butterfly life cycle necklace

This butterfly life cycle necklace craft needs to be a part of your butterfly activities for preschoolers! It’s a fun, wearable twist on the dyed pasta butterfly life cycle craft. Your students can practice literacy, science, and fine motor skills with this simple craft. It’s great paired with non-fiction butterfly books and real images thatKeep Reading

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How to Make Butterfly Life Cycle Sensory Bottles

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Collage of butterfly discovery bottles with text that reads butterfly life cycle sensory bottles

These butterfly life cycle sensory bottles definitely need to be added to your collection of butterfly activities for preschoolers. They’re perfect as part of a kindergarten or preschool butterfly theme! Your students can use the butterfly discovery bottles to practice sorting, color identification, sensory exploration, and the life cycle of a butterfly. All with theseKeep Reading

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21 Caterpillar and Butterfly Activities

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collage of caterpillar and butterfly ideas for kids with text that reads butterfly activities

Caterpillar and butterfly activities are sure to grab the kids’ attention this spring! Be sure to add these ideas to your collection of butterfly activities for preschoolers, kindergartners, and elementary-aged children. Below you’ll find ideas that explore the butterfly life cycle, as well as caterpillar-themed activities, and some general butterfly fun. Some of these we’veKeep Reading

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30+ Insect Science Activities for Preschoolers

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Engage kids’ creepy crawly fascination with this collection of insect science activities for preschoolers. They make a great addition to all of your science experiments for kids! If there are insects around, preschoolers will be the first to notice, right? That’s what makes these bug science ideas so much fun. They take what kids areKeep Reading

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Bee Slime Recipe to Make with Kids

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Bee slime being stretched out with text that reads homemade bumblebee slime.

Follow this great bee slime recipe with your students this spring. This slime recipe is so easy and fun that the kids will be buzzing about it for days! It’s an excellent addition to your ultimate collection of types of slime. Related: How to Make Slime Just mention the word slime and you’ll see theKeep Reading

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10+ Bug Sensory Bottles to Make With Kids

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Collage of 9 bug sensory bottle ideas with text that reads bug sensory bottles.

The little explorers in your class will love getting to create and investigate some fun bug sensory bottles! These ideas are yet another great addition to your master list of sensory bottles. I don’t know about you, but I sure know a ton of preschoolers who are fascinated with bugs. I can’t say that IKeep Reading

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Bee Sensory Bottle for a Preschool Insect Theme

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Bee sensory bottle with text that reads busy bee sensory bottle.

Learn how to make a bee sensory bottle with the kids. It’s a great addition to a preschool insect theme or a unit all about bees. Be sure to add this great idea to your list of bug sensory bottles! Related: Rainy Day Activities for Spring Break I think it’s a great idea to haveKeep Reading

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I Spy Insect Sensory Bottle That’s Simple to Make

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collage of rice discovery bottle with text that reads insect sensory bottle

This insect sensory bottle is incredibly easy to make, and it’s sure to keep the kids engage as they play and learn. It’s perfect for your list of bug sensory bottles for kids! Related: Frog Sensory Bag A lot of the sensory bottles we make are created using wet ingredients. Mostly because the kids andKeep Reading

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Use These Printable Ladybug Letter Puzzles in a Sensory Bin

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Use printable ladybug letter puzzles in a simple ladybug sensory invitation

Explore early literacy skills with these printable ladybug letter puzzles! Even better, add them to a colorful ladybug sensory invitation. Did you know that ladybugs secrete a gross-tasting fluid from their legs to discourage predators (although I want to know how anyone knows that it tastes bad)? That’s just one of those fun facts thatKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy, Sensory Tagged With: Alphabet, Free Printable, Insects, Spring

Creepy Crawly Slime Recipe for Kids

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Dirt and worms slime recipe for kids

Looking for ideas for how to make slime with kids? I’ve got you covered! We first created this creepy crawly slime recipe for kids during summer camp, but it’s been made and used at home and in my classroom during the regular school year. So this mud, worm, and bugs slime recipe for kids is definitelyKeep Reading

Filed Under: Science, Sensory Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Insects, slime

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