If you are doing a insect unit with your class, then you have come to a great place to get insect lessons, poems, printables, links, books, and much more. Click on an underlined topic and use your back button to return to this page!

Insect Poems, Fingerplays, and Songs!

Bug Poems, Fingerplays, and Crafts	Bug Fingerplays
Insect Poems	CanTeach
Songs4Teachers	Bumblebee Footprint or Paper Shapes Craft

To get you started on an insect unit, start by checking out some of these general sites!

3-D Insects Welcome to the digital world of insects.	The Bug Club For young entomologists
Butterfly Links Page	The Butterfly WebSite Here you can tour the photo gallery, learn how to plant a butterfly garden, take a field trip, find a pen-pal, chat with other butterfly-lovers and so much more!
Children's Butterfly Site	Insects as Food Recipes for insects
Very Cool Bugs	The Wonderful World of Insects
Yucky Bug World	Insects Bulletin Board

Get Crafty!

Butterfly Art at Crafts An' Tiques.	How to Make a Butterfly Garden
Stuffed Newspaper Butterfly	Caterpillar to Butterfly
Bumblebee Fingerprint Craft	Bumblebee Footprint or Paper Shapes Craft
Bumblebee Paper Plate Craft	Bumblebee TP Roll Craft
Butterfly Fingerprint Craft	Lots of Buggy Crafts Here!
Butterfly Flier	Dragonfly Pony Bead Craft
Ladybug Craft	Ladybug Egg Carton Craft
Various Bug Crafts

Need an Insect Lesson? Just click on one below!!!

Bee Stings Intermediate	Buggy Diner 3-5
Bugs Elem.	Butterfly and Caterpillar K-2
Caterpillars to Butterflies K	Creativity and Butterflies 2-5
Insects K-3	Invertebrates All
Spider Activities PreK-1st	Two Bad Ants K-2
Ladybugs and Grasshoppers, PreK-1st grade,	Caterpillars to Butterflies, PreK-1st grade
Bees and Ants, PreK-1st grade	Worms and Spiders, PreK-1st grade
Bug Charades, Scavenger Hunt, etc., PreK-1st grade	Butterflies and Ladybugs, PreK-1st grade
Camouflage and Non-Insects, PreK-1st grade	Insect Communication and Harmful Insects, PreK-1st grade
Mouth Parts and Dirt Cake, PreK-1st grade	Insect Necklaces
What Insect Am I?, Kindergarten	Habitat Collage, Kindergarten
Insects and Camouflage, Kindergarten	Caterpillars to Butterflies, Kindergarten
Name That Part?, Kindergarten	Camouflage, Kindergarten
The Peppermint Beetle, K-3rd	Classification, 2nd grade
Let's Talk About Spiders And Bugs!, 2nd grade	Did You Say Water Bugs?, 2nd grade
Who Lives Here?, 3rd grade	Ecosystems, 3rd grade
Can You Identify Arthropods?, 3rd grade	What Are Ecosystems?, 3rd grade
Web of Life, 3rd grade	Insect Matching, 3rd grade
Plants 'R' Us!, 3rd/4th grade	All in the (Insect) Family, 3rd/4th grade
Practicing Place Value With Insect Facts (Grades 3 - 5)	Bug Buffet (Grades Pre-K - 5)
A Ladybug Webquest (1)	Africanized Honey Bee Lessons
Beautiful Butterflies Webquest (2)	Butterfly Unit (K)
Insect Mini-Unit - (PRIMARY)

Great Insect Books & Products To Spice Up Your Insect Unit. Click on the title to learn more about the book!

Free Activity Sheets To Print and Share With Your Class!

Insect Word Find	Butterflies
Which Is NOT An Insect?	Insect Dominoes
Poor Caterpillar	Which Butterfly Is Different
Help The Caterpillar	Help The Anteater
Insect Concentration	Buggy Addition
Insect Wordfind	Where Does The Bee Live
Animal and Insect Pictures	The Ants Have It!
Camouflaged Butterflies (	The "Beetles and the Bedbugs" Song
Insects KWL	Insect Shapes Books
Fact Cards	Buggy Buggy2 Game
Insect Patterns	Butterfly Life Cycle
Ladybug Word Search	Fractional Parts
Butterfly Coloring Book	Cricket Jumping Contest
Insect Coloring Book -