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LADYBUG ACTIVITIES

HOLE PUNCH LADYBUGS

Cut two medium ladybug shapes out for each of your children (one from red paper and one from black paper).

Cut off the heads of the red shapes and cut them in-half.
Give each child a black bug and two half wing shapes.
Have children place the two red shapes on top of each other and using a hole punch, punch out some holes in the red paper.
Then have them glue the red shape over the black bug shape to create a colorful spotted ladybug.
 
LARGE LADYBUGS

Take the large bug pattern and cut it in half.
Cut out a half ladybug from red paper.
Let your children color the head black with a marking pen.
Then, have them make black dots on the body or glue on black poms.
These large half ladybugs can walk across the top of a bulletin board or make a fun boarder around the room.

FELT BOARD COUNTING GAME

Using the large bug pattern, cut out a red felt ladybug.
Out of black felt, cut out another head and a black thin line to place down the middle of the ladybug.
Next, cut out 12 black felt circles.
Lay the red ladybug on a table or place on a felt board. Place the black head and centerline on the red felt bug.
Then, let your children take turns rolling a dice and placing that many circles on each side of the ladybug's red wings.

 

LADYBUG PICTURE
  • Cut out 2-3 small ladybug shapes for each of your children out of red paper.
  • Have children color the heads black and add black dots on the backs with crayons or marking pens.
  • Give children a piece of green paper and have them glue on some green "Easter" grass or have your children fringe some paper and glue it on.
  • Then, have them glue on their small ladybugs crawling on the grass.
LADYBUG CONCEPT GAMES
COLOR - When helping your children make ladybugs, be sure to point out that the body (or wings) are "red" and the head and spots are "black".
SIZE - Make three ladybugs of different sizes. Have your children place them in order - from largest to smallest or from smallest to largest.
ALPHABET - Bug starts with the sound and letter "b". Ladybug starts with the sound and letter "l". Write out both words for your child to compare. Have them look for the word bug in the word ladybug.
SPACIAL RELATIONS - Buy a small ladybug stamp and find an old magazine or calendar for this project. Give your child directions like, "Stamp a ladybug on "top" of the house, or stamp a ladybug "under" the table".
 

LADYBUG POEM
Have your children act out the following rhyme.

LADYBUG WENT OUT TO PLAY
                                 By Jean Warren

Ladybug, ladybug went out to play.
She crawled on the toys in the yard all day.
She thought that it was so much fun,
She called another ladybug to come.

Two little ladybugs jumping on the hay
Jumped and jumped and jumped all day.
They thought that it was so much fun,
They called another ladybug to come.

Three little ladybugs decided not to stay,
So the three little ladybugs flew away.
No more ladybugs out at play,
I hope they come again someday!