Ever industrious, these cute ants will help set the right tone for learning. But, listening to great preschool books for kids enriches those experiences. From the hungry caterpillars, to the busy ants, and graceful dragonflies. If you have favorite books about pets for preschool that you dont see here, leave the titles in comments so that this list can keep growing. Frizzles class once more, as this time they make a movie about ants. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Handson activities are the number one way that little ones make sense of new things. Read a book about ants such as ants by melissa stewart.
Kids will have fun learning about the ant life cycle with these handson manipulatives for kids learning about bugs. If you have a large group, scoop a few ants into several glass containers like jam or baby food jars. We learned about an ants life cycle in the book ant cities and then the kids got to interact with the different stages with the ant life cycle stages. Ants are an interesting topic for young children children typically love ants or are scared of them. Theme ideas for your library and literacy activities for your preschool classroom. Welcome to ideas for preschoolers, your best resource for preschool ideas on the web. This pest can cause significant damage to your house. Read and discuss the story with your class and then let them draw a picture of their favorite part to.
All about ants minibook this is an insect craftivity with several options and languages english and spanish. Heres our new and expanded ant preschool unit weve added a few new printables which are all available in one easy download. In honor of the ants that are starting to appear, here is one adorable book that involves singing and counting. We made a game for each child and put it in a small drawstring bag fabric was ant print. Ant crafts and learning activities danielles place of. This book will introduce your preschoolers to some of the jobs of ants like the worker ants and the queen, as well as two types of ants, leafcutter and army ants. Your little learners will be singing along in no time when you start reading this book. She is also a coauthor of the book 99 fine motor ideas for ages 1 to 5. Books about ants for kids ant cities by arthur dorros. Hoorah, hoorah the ants go marching four by four the little one stops to shut the door and they all go marching down to the ground boom boom boom oh, the ants are busy sung to shell be coming round the mountain oh, the ants are busy, busy as can be. You may want to combine learning about the anteater. The ants end up helping him and teaching him an important lesson along the way. Pinczes, hey, little ant by phillip hoose, two bad. But, the coolest part of the book is the page with the lifesize illustrations of all the bugs.
I live in todmorden, west yorkshire with my wife and our 3 children. Ants lifecycle ants parts label ants facts types of ants i have also included some worksheets to reinforce what we learn and some mini posters. Try hamster free zip archiver approved by ambers husband. Preschoolers will delight in this fun, repetitious rhyme with adorable ant characters. Giant insect and bug book list full of our favorite insect books for circle time in our preschool, prek, and kindergarten classroom. Preschool science free lesson plan and activities about ants. There are many types of carpenter ants throughout the u. We add wiggle eyes and pipe cleaner pieces for the antennae and legs.
This website was designed to help you teach your preschoolers what they need to know before they enter kindergarten by gathering free ideas and resources from the web and organizing them so. Preschoolers are like sponges eagerly awaiting to soak in new concepts and facts. The words read like a story even though the books are largely nonfiction describing lifecycle, environment and body parts. Books about pets for preschool no time for flash cards. Ants, grasshoppers, and beetles are just a few of the bugs your readers will find in these books. Picture books are especially enjoyable for adults to read.
You can filter to sort by the best book type for your kid. To help you find the right books for you and your young reader, weve compiled a list of the best kids books about ants. These are some of my favorite bug books for preschoolers for an insect theme that will both inform and entertain young children. Check here for a complete list of books about bugs. By the end of the book there are only ten ants left and they carry away the lemonade. Watch as they march one by one, two by two, and all the way up to five by five toward a surprise ending. A book about ants magic school bus by joanna cole, and illustrated by john speirs and bruce degen. Ants preschool lesson plan preschool curriculum by theme. When it comes to childrens stories about ants, there are a variety of titles. Make learning all about insects with a focus on ants or ladybugs fun and hands on in your classroom. This sparkly board book edition of the familiar song featuring lively ants teaches the concepts of counting from 1 to 5 and in groups. Thru a caricature ant, we discover what things would be like, in size and comparison to things in our world, ie. This diecut book with holes is excellent for encouraging observation, colour and pattern recognition by searching for individual ants. As an amazon associate, i earn from qualifying purchases.
The ants and the grasshopper fable addresses two insects. This informational book is packed with facts about ants, such as what they look like, where they live and what they eat. A pet for fly guy by tedd arnold is a goofy story about a little boy buzz getting his pet fly a pet yes, a pet for a pet. Scoop some ants and a little dirt into a glass container for observation. One hundred ants start the story by taking away the potato salad. I think now would be the perfect time to get an ant farm for your classroom. Walking the line between fiction and nonfiction, this imaginative older book is filled with facts about ants and very bad puns. Search for these at your library or click the book covers to go to amazon. Samantha writes at stir the wonder, sharing creative, handson learning activities for preschoolers including fine motor, stem, and bookinspired activities.
The book gave interesting facts about the various bugs introduced. Ants in an anthill open gameants print and laminate the illustrations for durable, ecofriendly use. Plus there are colorful posters, incentives, and multipurpose templates. The ants go marching classic books with holes board book. Lets learn about these creepy crawlies with these bug books for little learners. This download provides materials to help support your science instruction of life cycles, insects. Dont forget to look for used or paperback books to lower the price. Apr 25, 2014 this post includes an awesome list of childrens books about ants. Or if you want to shorten it you can do it by rows. However, all crawly things are bugs and insects preschool theme. Our preschool ants books contains the most complete early chilhood education ants books ideas on the internet.
Picture books are generally great options for toddlers and for preschool and kindergarten age children. While most adults consider ants to be pests, preschoolers tend to think they are fascinating. Board books are best for babies and toddlers from ages newborn to 2 or 3. Talk about rooms for the eggs, the larvae, pupae etc. I posted a preschool mini unit on ants earlier this week. Be sure to include some of these great ideas for ants in your insect unit. Ants may not be your favorite insect, but they certainly have their place in a preschool bug theme. As i put that unit together, i researched and read many wonderful books on the little critter. Ben and hollys little kingdom visiting granny and grandpapa cartoon for kids. I saw an ant on the railroad track by joshua prince. The child rolls the dice, and he gets to put the number of ants the dice says on that many checks.
Also, grab activities from this page when an interest in ants emerges in your class group, or in an individual child. Click on a book cover to get more information about the book if purchased everything preschool may get a small commission. Ant books for kids are a great way to get them hooked on wanting to learn. I also love this national geographic kids book on ants by melissa. All about insects science for little learners preschool.
Use a small table or a small bookshelf to create an engaging science center full of hands on materials for students to explore and investigate using the included printables, vocabulary cards, book, anchor charts, and discovery pages science journal pages. Children must add the corresponding number of ants to each glass. Bring in an ant farm as a preschool ant activity for your students to observe. Practice pages and ant worksheets reinforce lessons in math, geometry, and measurement, language arts, reading comprehension, and writing. Picture books are especially enjoyable for adults to read aloud with young kids. Ants theme activities, centers, printables and games to make that can be used when planning lessons and curriculum for preschool and prek children. Children paint an egg carton cut so that each child had 3 egg cups for the 3 body parts with their choice of either red, brown, or black paint. The life cycle of an ant a science book and activities for k2. This is a fantastic book about ants, but it is even more densely packed with. Spring books for little learners pocket of preschool.
Free ant printables and montessoriinspired ant activities. For young preschoolers, youll typically want to share only as much information as your child is interested in. Ants preschool theme activities kidsparkz kidsparkz. On the last page there are facts about ants, and other fun things to look for in the book. For more resources, printables and activities related to ants and other insects, please see my insects unit study page. So i wanted to prepare some printables and activities to help make ants a happy experience for zoey and other children. See more ideas about ants, preschool and picnic theme. All about ants minibook with images ants, preschool. Book lists, elementary, homeschool, kindergarten, nature, preschool, reading and writing this post may contain affiliate links. The children enjoyed listening to the story and then delighted in singing the song at the end of the book. Carpenter ants get their name because they build their nests in wood.