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Ladybug Activities

By Shaunna Evans 16 Comments · This content may contain affiliate links.

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This month the Virtual Book Club for Kids is reading books by one of my favorite nonfiction children’s authors, Gail Gibbons. Earlier this month I shared some ideas for using books by Gail Gibbons to inspire a little summer learning. Today I’m excited to share the activities we did for this theme.

Ladybug Activities for Kids

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Although we love many of the books by Gail Gibbons, it was very easy to choose Ladybugs as our book for this month. We’ve always been fans of ladybugs. Tinker’s first birthday was even a ladybug theme. (I couldn’t help but add a couple pictures of her party at the very end of this post, if you’d like to take a peak. She’s grown so much! )

Earlier this spring we also found tons of ladybugs around our home. We’ve been collecting, observing, and releasing them ever since. If you aren’t able to find ladybugs nearby, you can also order live ladybugs online. We did this for Tinker’s birthday, and all of the kids enjoyed it.

Live ladybugsLadybug Small World

We created a simple ladybug small world after reading the book a few times.  Then we used the small world for pretend play and to retell main facts about ladybugs and the ladybug life cycle.

Materials

  • Ladybug Life Cycle Stages 4-Piece Set
  • Miniature ladybug toys
  • Leaves (real and fake)
  • Fake red flowers
  • Twigs

Ladybug Small WorldLadybug Invitation to Create

One morning I also set  up this invitation to create. The kids used glue and the materials below to create different collages. I always enjoy seeing their creations!

Materials

  • Card stock
  • Tissue paper squares
  • Red jewels
  • Assorted ribbon pieces
  • Small pompoms
  • Confetti

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Ladybug Math Activities

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One More One Less Ladybug Math

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Filed Under: Art, Gail Gibbons, Invitations to Create, Invitations to Play, Kindergarten, Ladybugs, Letter L, Preschool, Pretend Play, Science, Spring, Summer, Virtual Book Club for Kids Tagged With: bug activities, Gail Gibbons Ladybugs, lady bug sensory bin, ladybug activities, ladybug art, ladybug crafts, ladybug small world

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Comments

  1. Jennifer Fischer

    June 30, 2013 at 1:18 am

    I love your ladybug activities – Pinned and featured…http://jennifischer.blogspot.com/2013/06/kids-co-op-eric-carle-activities-bug-fun.html

    Reply
    • Shaunna

      June 30, 2013 at 8:42 pm

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  2. Mary Catherine

    June 29, 2013 at 8:07 pm

    I’ve already pinned these awesome ladybug activities! What a fun way to extend Gail Gibbons’ book. Thanks so much for sharing at Stress-Free Sunday!

    Reply
    • Shaunna

      June 30, 2013 at 8:42 pm

      Thank you! We loved learning more about ladybugs 🙂

      Reply
  3. Ashley

    June 26, 2013 at 8:01 am

    Super cute ladybug play! Featured you at Mom’s Library; thanks fro sharing!

    Reply
    • Shaunna

      June 26, 2013 at 7:55 pm

      Thanks for the feature!

      Reply
  4. Mary Catherine

    June 23, 2013 at 12:49 am

    You always have such wonderful activities and play/explore invitations. I’ve already pinned this post so I can try out some of your ideas with my next insect unit. Thanks for linking up with Stress-Free Sunday!

    Reply
    • Shaunna

      June 25, 2013 at 8:45 am

      Thank you, Mary Catherine! I hope your kiddos have fun with some of these activities.

      Reply
  5. JDaniel4's Mom

    June 22, 2013 at 7:15 pm

    I need to start leaving out invitations to create for my son. I think he would love them. Thank you so much for sharing this amazing post on Read.Explore.Learn. I will be sharing this post.

    Reply
    • Shaunna

      June 25, 2013 at 8:45 am

      We’ve been doing more invitations lately, and we are all loving them. It is always interesting to see how the kids utilize the materials. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
  6. Kim @ The Educators' Spin On It

    June 18, 2013 at 10:00 am

    Thank you so much for sharing so many fun ladybug themed ideas with the Virtual Book Club for Kids! Can’t wait to create them with my daughters!

    Reply
    • Shaunna

      June 22, 2013 at 8:10 am

      My pleasure to share! We love Gail Gibbons.

      Reply
  7. Tara from The Magnolia Barn

    June 18, 2013 at 9:31 am

    So many fun ladybug ideas! Looks like so much fun.

    Reply
    • Shaunna

      June 22, 2013 at 8:11 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  8. kristina

    June 18, 2013 at 8:55 am

    The birthday party looked adorable and I love the open-ended invitation to create! My kids also love ladybugs and would be a big fan if this activity!

    Reply
    • Shaunna

      June 22, 2013 at 8:11 am

      Thank you…we had fun with the birthday, and invitations to create are quickly becoming a favorite around here.

      Reply

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