**Note: This page is for educational inspiration and is not officially affiliated with Butterfly Education and Awareness Day (BEAD). BEAD is an annual observance that takes place on the first Saturday in June. It is an initiative of the Association for Butterflies, dedicated to increasing public knowledge about butterflies and their vital role as pollinators. The day aims to raise awareness of conservation needs, highlight the importance of their habitats, and inspire people to take action to protect them. For official information and details about BEAD, please visit the Association for Butterflies website: www.afbeducation.org/butterfly-conservation/butterfly-education-and-awareness-day.
Saturday 6th June 2026
Understanding Butterfly Education and Awareness Day (BEAD) in EYFS & KS1
Let's flutter our wings and learn about our beautiful butterfly friends! 🦋🌸 Butterfly Education and Awareness Day (BEAD) is a fantastic time to think about how we can protect butterflies and their homes so they can continue to fly and thrive. It's a day to get outside, look for butterflies, and learn all about their incredible journey from a tiny caterpillar to a magnificent butterfly.
For early years settings, nurseries, preschools, childminders, and Year 1 and Year 2 classrooms, this day provides a wonderful and highly engaging theme for exploring minibeasts, life cycles, plants, the environment, science (observation and discovery), and understanding the world (the natural world). It’s about fostering curiosity, encouraging gentle observation, and nurturing an early love and respect for nature’s smallest creatures. This day offers fantastic planning ideas and inspiration for integrating hands-on activities & invitations that truly resonate with young minds, making learning about butterflies, invertebrates, and conservation wonderfully captivating!
Why Is Learning About Butterflies Valuable for Young Children?
Integrating BEAD and themes of butterflies and minibeasts into your practice with young children (aged 0-7) lays the groundwork for future environmental stewardship.
Teaches Science Concepts: Provides a tangible way to learn about life cycles, metamorphosis, and the role of living things in an ecosystem.
Fosters Observation & Curiosity: Encourages children to look closely at nature and ask questions about what they see.
Builds Respect for Nature: Helps children appreciate that all living creatures, big and small, are important.
Develops Fine Motor Skills: Activities like crafting and drawing butterflies help refine dexterity and control.
Enhances Vocabulary: Introduces new words related to insects, life cycles, and the natural world.
Promotes Conservation: Cultivates an early understanding of the importance of protecting wildlife and their habitats.
Engaging Butterfly & Minibeast Activities for Butterfly Education and Awareness Day (BEAD) (EYFS & KS1)
Let's celebrate Butterfly Education and Awareness Day (BEAD) by exploring the fascinating world of butterflies, minibeasts and life cycles. These planning ideas, provision enhancements and learning opportunities encourage children to observe nature closely, ask questions, develop respect for living things and discover the important role that insects play within our environment.
Many of these early years and year 1 activities can be supported by our dedicated ‘Minibeasts’, ‘Life Cycles’ and ‘Invertebrates’ resources.
Here's some inspiration for celebrating BEAD in your setting. The following ideas may be adapted for various EYFS and KS1 settings. In EYFS, these ideas are best viewed as invitations to explore and enhancements to provision rather than activities every child is expected to complete. Practitioners may choose to follow children's interests and questions about butterflies, insects and the natural world, using these resources flexibly. In KS1, some ideas may also be used within more structured teaching sequences where appropriate. Printable resources to support the following ideas may be found further down this page.
(Please use your own discretion and knowledge of your children to ensure appropriateness of each activity or enhancement and safety concerning any materials given and activity undertaken. Encourage gentle observation, respect for living things and care for the natural environment.)
🦋 Exploring Butterfly Life Cycles
Butterflies provide a wonderful introduction to life cycles, growth and change.
Children might:
Explore the stages of butterfly metamorphosis.
Compare butterflies with other animal life cycles.
Sequence life cycle stages.
Act out life cycle changes through movement and role play.
Discuss how living things grow and change over time.
Our Life Cycle resources such as our Display Banner, Endless Life Cycle Puzzles, Butterfly Life Cycle Display and Activity Resources, Life Cycle Flashcards, and Life Cycle Movement Cards can help support these explorations.
Additional Provision Enhancements
Create a butterfly life cycle investigation area.
Use story stones or loose parts to represent each stage.
Act out the life cycle outdoors through movement.
Observe caterpillars (where appropriate and ethically sourced).
Create transient art life cycles using natural materials.
Compare butterfly life cycles with frogs, plants or birds.
🔍 Minibeast Discovery & Outdoor Exploration
BEAD provides an ideal opportunity to slow down, look closely and discover the small creatures living around us.
Children might:
Search for minibeasts in outdoor areas.
Observe habitats and hiding places.
Use magnifiers to look closely at insects.
Draw or photograph their discoveries.
Talk about how different creatures move and survive.
Minibeast Resources such as the Science Minibeast Hunt Pack, Minibeast Search Checklists, Minibeasts Display Resources, and Draw Minibeasts Sheets can support these investigations.
Additional Provision Enhancements
Create a minibeast observation station.
Provide magnifiers, bug viewers and clipboards.
Explore logs, stones and leaf litter safely.
Create a simple bug hotel.
Develop a "What Have We Found?" display.
Encourage children to revisit areas to observe changes over time.
🐞 Early Maths, Literacy & Communication Through Minibeasts
Children often become highly motivated to engage with literacy and mathematics when learning is connected to their interests.
Children might:
Count butterflies and minibeasts.
Sort insects by size, colour or features.
Explore new vocabulary.
Record simple findings.
Compare quantities and create simple charts.
Share facts and observations with others.
Resources that may support learning include:
(The following may be found on our ‘Minibeasts’ page)
Butterfly Counting Puzzles
I Spy Count & Choose – Butterflies
Minibeasts Counting Posters and Flashcards
Minibeasts Tally Charts
Minibeasts Pictogram Charts
Minibeast Word Mats
Minibeast Word Cards
Butterfly Phase 2 High Frequency Sight Words
Minibeast Picture Snap Cards
Minibeasts Size Ordering Cards
Additional Provision Enhancements
Create a butterfly counting invitation using loose parts.
Compare the sizes of different insects.
Create simple minibeast maps.
Record observations using drawings and emergent writing.
Build vocabulary through storytelling and discussion.
Encourage children to create their own insect fact books.
🎨 Creative Exploration & Fine Motor Opportunities
Butterflies and insects offer endless inspiration for creativity, pattern and design.
Children might:
Create butterfly artwork.
Design their own imaginary minibeasts.
Explore symmetry through painting and printing.
Build insects using loose parts or playdough.
Develop fine motor skills through themed challenges.
Resources such as Fine Motor Butterflies, Minibeast Multimats, Minibeasts Colouring, Minibeasts Border Paper, and My Favourite Minibeast Sheets can help support these experiences. (All of these can be found on our ‘Minibeasts’ page.)
Additional Provision Enhancements
Create symmetrical butterfly paintings.
Use natural materials to make transient insect art.
Design butterfly wings using collage materials.
Build minibeasts from recycled materials.
Create butterfly and insect puppets for storytelling.
Explore insect patterns through mark making and printing.
🌿 Caring for Butterflies & Wildlife
BEAD offers opportunities to help children understand how people can support wildlife.
Children might:
Learn why butterflies are important pollinators.
Explore plants that attract butterflies and bees.
Discuss ways to care for habitats.
Learn why biodiversity matters.
Discover how small actions can help wildlife.
Additional Provision Enhancements
Plant butterfly-friendly flowers.
Create a pollinator garden area.
Make simple butterfly feeders.
Observe flowering plants and visiting insects.
Discuss how habitats provide food and shelter.
Create posters encouraging wildlife-friendly actions.
🚶 Active Learning & STEM Challenges
Butterflies and insects provide excellent inspiration for investigation, problem solving and movement.
Children might:
Move like different minibeasts.
Explore how insects travel.
Build habitats and shelters.
Investigate which environments insects prefer.
Design structures to support wildlife.
Resources such as Minibeast Activity and Movement Challenge Cards and STEM Challenge Cards can help support these investigations. These may be found on our ‘Minibeasts’ page.
Additional Provision Enhancements
Build bug hotels using natural materials.
Design butterfly feeding stations.
Create obstacle courses inspired by insect movement.
Explore which materials make suitable habitats.
Investigate how insects stay safe.
Develop collaborative outdoor construction projects.
🔍 Explore More
To support your BEAD learning and encourage deeper exploration of insects, life cycles and the natural world, you may wish to explore our resources linked to:
Minibeasts • Life Cycles • Invertebrates
You may also enjoy exploring related themes such as:
Animals • Beach School • Birds • Endangered Animals • Forest School • Gardening • Habitats • Ocean • Out and About • Plants • Recycling • Spring • The Environment • Under the Sea • Wetlands • Wildlife • Woodland (Temperate)
These ideas and provision enhancements offer meaningful ways to celebrate Butterfly Education and Awareness Day in EYFS and KS1 settings. By encouraging observation, curiosity and care for living things, practitioners can help children develop scientific thinking, environmental awareness and a lifelong appreciation of the natural world and its remarkable pollinators. 🦋🌼🐞
To explore ideas surrounding additional early years events, please visit our 'Special Dates Calendar' page.
Printable resources to support teaching & learning surrounding: ‘Butterfly Education And Awareness Day (BEAD)’
Free ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Minibeasts’ themed activities and printable resources | EYFS & KS1:
These challenge cards are to be used as prompts for a STEM session.
(Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics)
The challenges are intended to be open ended and non-specific to encourage independent thinking in the children.
3 x STEM prompt cards included in this sample pack, plus a blank one for your own ideas.
Pack of 14 x 'STEM - Challenge Cards’ available to Premium members here.
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These endless puzzles are perfect to show the cyclic nature of life cycles. For example in the first instance the frog puzzle may be placed in the order ‘frogspawn’, ‘tadpole’, ‘froglet’ and then ‘frog’. To demonstrate to children that the frog then lays frogspawn, the ‘frogspawn’ piece may be brought to connect with the ‘frog’ piece at the end and thus continuing the cycle. This process can continue for as long as you like, bringing the ‘tadpole’ piece to then end and then the ‘froglet’ piece and so on!
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This ‘Minibeast Hunt Activity Pack’ includes a variety of resources to help inspire and engage adults and children alike.
The activity card plan breaks down key elements of the activity into sections: You will need, Activity description, Extra challenge, Development Matters statements (from Understanding the World), Key vocabulary, Key questions and Additional resources.
Also included in the pack are various handy printables such as a ‘Family Fun’ homework handout, checklist prompts, relevant word cards/mats, mark making sheets and posters.
In addition, the ‘Minibeast Hunt’ poster within this pack is designed to be used in conjunction with our ‘Science Banners’ pack which includes a space for activity posters from each of the ‘Science Activity Packs’ (of which this is one). You may like to set up a ‘Science Activity/Investigation/Experiment’ area (all of these banners are available) and swap in and out the posters from within our activity packs.
We hope you find this pack useful and you all have fun!
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Use these fine motor butterfly sheets once for pencil control practise or laminate and encourage children to take it in turns with whiteboard pens to practise making the different shapes.
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Minibeasts themed checklist (updated 2020 larger border version). Your children will love to use this as part of an out and about searching activity (for example finding real minibeasts in your outdoor area) or in conjunction with a 'Minibeasts' themed tuff spot or feely bag.
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‘Butterfly’ and ‘Minibeasts’ themed activities and printable resources | EYFS & KS1:
These endless puzzles are perfect to show the cyclic nature of life cycles. For example in the first instance the frog puzzle may be placed in the order ‘frogspawn’, ‘tadpole’, ‘froglet’ and then ‘frog’. To demonstrate to children that the frog then lays frogspawn, the ‘frogspawn’ piece may be brought to connect with the ‘frog’ piece at the end and thus continuing the cycle. This process can continue for as long as you like, bringing the ‘tadpole’ piece to then end and then the ‘froglet’ piece and so on!
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Explore movement with this set of ‘Life Cycle Action Cards’. Prompts for adults to use to describe to children and demonstrate how they may move. Pictures are also included on prompt cards to give visual representation for children to connect the actions with. Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together! For those children who are exceptionally engaged, these cards explored in sequence could even be set to music as a dance performance! Great for physical development, descriptive language and understanding the world.
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Life Cycle flashcards depicting stages of life for butterfly, frog, chicken, ant and plant. Cards are designed with a tab to be printed in order that it may be folded to strengthen the final design. This is especially effective when laminated after it is folded into place.
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Butterfly life cycle display pack. Ideal for learning about growth at any time of the year, but particularly within the context of new life in ‘Spring’ or as part of a ‘Minibeasts’ topic. Also ideal to be used as visuals for an activity, e.g. placing all of the life cycle elements in the correct positions relative to each other on a table or as a floor activity. Once in place, perhaps even use as a stimulus for art and craft or playdough.
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Butterfly life cycle poster and activity. Ideal for learning about growth at any time of the year, but particularly within the context of new life in ‘Spring’ or within a ‘Minibeasts’ topic. Cut and stick activity included.
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‘Life Cycles’ banner featuring all of the stages of Chicken and Butterfly life cycles in a progression.
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Use these ‘Life Cycle Cards’ to inspire children to think about the growth of frog, butterfly and chicken. Ideal for a sub topic within ‘Spring’. These versatile cards are made with a tab which can be folded before lamination in order to strengthen the final product. This also means that when turned over, the picture on the front can not be seen. Why not use these cards as part of a ‘Life Cycles’ display or invitation to play? Can the children match the correct parts of each life cycle and then place them in the correct order? Perhaps the frog, butterfly and chicken could be placed on the table face up and the rest face down. Children could take it in turns to turn over cards and place them next to the correct creature. The cards could also be used as a basis for communication and language development, first naming the cards and then describing. More challenging questions could be e.g. ‘How do you think a butterfly moves?’ ‘How is that different to how a caterpillar moves? ‘
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Posters/Displays, Discussion Prompts, Print Carries Meaning, Butterfly, Dragonfly, Bumblebee, Earthworm, Centipede, Spider, Ladybird
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Why not set up an invitation to play using these ‘Butterfly Counting Puzzles’?
Select those appropriate for your children (1-10 available) and allow them to match the number with the corresponding number of butterflies. Each pair has a different way of connecting as a puzzle for the children to match and so even if they haven’t learnt what the number looks like yet, but are beginning to say the numbers in order, this can be a fun way to introduce them to new challenges.
Once the puzzles are complete, why not line the numbers up in order and count together? If your children would enjoy a further challenge, leave out a number and see if they can spot which one is missing from the sequence.
Puzzles could also be used as a fine motor control/counting activity if left uncut. Children could be given an appropriate number for their learning and encouraged to place objects on the butterflies, counting as they go.
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Butterfly themed I Spy Count and Choose sheets. Ideally used as posters or mats.
You may like to laminate these sheets and use them as an interactive display or place them on table tops with pegs, counters or whiteboard pens as an activity.
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Our Minibeasts colouring sheets pack includes each minibeast with its name. Minibeasts included are bee, butterfly, caterpillar, ladybird, ant, snail, spider, fly, dragonfly, woodlouse, earwig and centipede. Also included are 3 pictures which combine different minibeasts.
Fine Motor, Colouring, Take Home, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Pencil Control, Activity, Discussion Prompts, Print Carries Meaning, Bumblebee, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Ladybird, Ant, Snail, Spider, Fly, Dragonfly, Woodlouse, Centipede, Earwig, Spider Web, Chrysalis, Earthworm, Animal Homes, Art and Craft
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Count the Minibeasts from 0 to 20. Print one or two numbers to a page for use as part of a display or more to a page for a set of flashcards.
Counting, Numbers, Cards, Posters/Displays, Number Recognition & Ordering, Number Lines, Discussion Prompts, Earthworm, Dragonfly, Woodlouse, Spider, Bumblebee, Snail, Ant, Butterfly, Fly, Ladybird
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Encourage your children to colour the objects and count them as they go (1 to 20). Ideal sheets to practise 1:1 correspondence counting (where children place their fingers on the objects as they count them). Also great for learning written numbers and knowledge of items within a particular topic. Children may even enjoy using these as posters to create a themed numberline on their playroom/bedroom wall!
Counting, Colouring, Numbers, Fine Motor, Take Home, Posters/Displays, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Number Formation, Number Lines, Number Recognition & Ordering, Colour & Count, Playdough/Loose Part Mats, Pencil Control, Discussion Prompts, Activity, Earthworm, Dragonfly, Woodlouse, Spider, Bumblebee, Snail, Ant, Butterfly, Fly, Ladybird
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Why not select the boards appropriate for your child’s learning and invite them to match the magnifying glass with the correct number of butterflies? As an alternative, if laminated, the butterfly sheets also provide a great space for children to practise writing their numbers.
Numbers, Counting, Problem Solving, Fine Motor, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Matching Activities, Number Formation, Playdough/Loose Part Mats, Activity, 'Butterfly Education and Awareness Day' (BEAD), Butterfly
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Phase 2 high frequency words written on butterflies. Choose the editable version to alter the font as your particular setting requires.
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Counting Minibeasts under the magnifying glass sheets. 2 magnifying glasses to each page. (Smaller version also available.) Children can be encouraged to count the number of minibeasts under a magnifying glass and write the corresponding number in the box next to it. Differentiate by support given to your individual children in this process.
Counting, Numbers, Take Home, Fine Motor, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Number Formation, Pencil Control, Dragonfly, Ladybird, Snail, Spider, Bumblebee, Earthworm, Fly, Butterfly
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Counting Minibeasts under the magnifying glass sheets. 4 magnifying glasses to each page. (Larger version also available.) Children can be encouraged to count the number of minibeasts under a magnifying glass and write the corresponding number in the box next to it. Differentiate by support given to your individual children in this process.
Numbers, Counting, Fine Motor, Take Home, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Number Formation, Pencil Control, Bumblebee, Dragonfly, Butterfly, Ladybird, Spider, Earthworm, Fly, Snail, Ant
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Ideal as part of 'Spring' or ‘Minibeasts’ topic. This 'Draw what you can see' sheet can be laminated and used in conjunction with whiteboard pens (perhaps placed near a window overlooking your outdoor area/garden) for children to use over and over again to practise drawing what they see. Alternatively you could print out individual copies for the children to draw their own wildlife to take home. To be used in setting or during out and about adventures!
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Versatile minibeast border paper. File includes colour and black and white versions.
Fine Motor, Colouring, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Page Borders, Drawing, Woodlouse, Butterfly, Spider, Snail, Earthworm, Ladybird, Bumblebee, Dragonfly, Centipede
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Minibeasts themed checklist (updated 2020 larger border version). Your children will love to use this as part of an out and about searching activity (for example finding real minibeasts in your outdoor area) or in conjunction with a 'Minibeasts' themed tuff spot or feely bag.
Checklists/Tally Charts, Fine Motor, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Observational Skills, Problem Solving, Pencil Control, Activity, Discussion Prompts, Print Carries Meaning, Home Learning, Centipede, Woodlouse, Ant, Dragonfly, Bumblebee, Earthworm, Snail, Butterfly, Spider, Ladybird, Caterpillar, Fly
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Minibeasts Pictogram Chart pictures designed for children to not only think about their favourite minibeast, but also realise that others may not have the same favourite. In addition, children begin to learn about simple graphs and charts.
Ideal for use in a classroom, preschool, nursery or childminder setting. Children do not have to necessarily complete the activity at the same time, but a chart can be added to a display and individual children can add their own favourites at appropriate times. Simply place the four large minibeasts on the first page in a horizontal line to form the base of the chart and children can add their own favourite smaller minibeast above to create the vertical lines of a chart. The lengths of the lines can be compared and number of minibeasts on each can be counted to find totals. Questions such as ‘How many children like the bee?’ may be asked. To really extend mathematical thinking, questions such as ‘How many more children like the bee than the butterfly?’ could be delved into.
Counting, Graph/Charts, Personal Opinion/Feelings, Posters/Displays, Group Activity, Discussion Prompts, Print Carries Meaning, Bumblebee, Butterfly, Ladybird, Earthworm
Original artwork drawn by Sara Murphy and final digital resources created by Stuart Murphy. COPYRIGHT ON ALL OF THE RESOURCES HOUSED ON THIS WEBSITE IS HELD BY ‘LITTLE OWLS RESOURCES’. OUR RESOURCES (INCLUDING THE IMAGES WITHIN THEM), CANNOT BE SHARED OR SOLD COMMERCIALLY.
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These cards can be used as they are with pencil/crayons & loose parts or laminated for use with playdough or whiteboard pens. Easy to use, these doubling mats provide a clear representation of the concept of doubling. Simply choose a number appropriate for your child’s level in the top box (e.g. 3), then in this example place 3 loose part objects/playdough spots, pencil/pen marks on one wing and the same on the other. Encourage your child to count the spots using 1:1 correspondence counting and then write the answer 6 in the final box. This shows that double 3 is equal to 6.
Doubling, Counting, Fine Motor, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Number Formation, Observational Skills, Problem Solving, Pencil Control, Playdough/Loose Part Mats, Activity, Using Shapes for Task, 'Butterfly Education and Awareness Day' (BEAD), Home Learning, Numbers, Ladybird, Butterfly
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Expand upon children’s knowledge of minibeasts whilst playing a fun game of snap (or a memory game of ‘picking up pairs’) with this set of snap cards. The cards are made with a tab/patterned back which can be folded before lamination in order to strengthen the final product. This also means that when turned over, the picture on the front can not be seen.
Cards, Games, Observational Skills, Snap Cards, Matching Activities, Turn Taking, Group Activity, Print Carries Meaning, Ladybird, Bumblebee, Butterfly, Woodlouse, Earthworm, Fly, Snail, Spider, Dragonfly, Centipede
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‘Minibeasts’ word mat. Why not use in conjunction with our ‘Minibeast’ word cards? Includes 12 different minibeasts. Can be used as part of a display or activities. Endless discussions can be engaged in describing these creatures. For example physical attributes such as whether they have wings, armoured bodies, shells, number of legs or body sections, etc. Older children can be challenged to further contemplate ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions building on these observations. For example ‘Why do you think the butterfly has wings?’…or ‘How do you think worms move?’
Posters/Displays, Word Mats, Discussion Prompts, Print Carries Meaning, Centipede, Woodlouse, Ant, Dragonfly, Bumblebee, Earthworm, Snail, Butterfly, Spider, Ladybird, Caterpillar, Fly
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Have great fun with your children whilst all pretending to be minibeasts with this set of 8 Minibeast Activity Challenge cards.
Perhaps children could stand in a circle around the pile of cards and take turns to pick one for everyone to do. Cards could equally be shrunk down and placed on a key ring to take out on adventures or featured on an indoor or outdoor display board and referred to with everyone carrying out the activity on floor space in front. Once the children get to know the cards they will be able to relate the action to the picture without necessarily needing the card read to them...For example an adult may be able to simply hold up a card and everyone will be able to do the activity together! For those children who are exceptionally engaged, these cards explored in sequence could even be set to music as a dance performance!
Great for physical development, descriptive language, understanding the world and turn taking.
Numbers, Activity Packs, Cards, Games, Posters/Displays, Number Recognition & Ordering, Gross Motor/Movement, Activity, Group Activity, Discussion Prompts, Print Carries Meaning, Earthworm, Ladybird, Spider, Snail, Bumblebee, Centipede, Dragonfly, Butterfly
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Why not set up an invitation to play using these ‘Minibeasts’ counting puzzles? Select those appropriate for your children (1-10 available) and allow them to match the number with the corresponding number of minibeasts. Each pair has a different way of connecting as a puzzle for the children to match and so even if they haven’t learnt what the number looks like yet, but are beginning to say the numbers in order, this can be a fun way to introduce them to new challenges. Once the puzzles are complete, why not line the numbers up in order and count together? If your children would enjoy a further game, leave out a number and see if they can spot which one is missing from the sequence. Puzzles could also be used as a fine motor control/counting activity if left uncut. Children could be given an appropriate number for their learning and encouraged to place objects on the minibeasts, counting as they go.
Counting, Fine Motor, Games, Matching Activities, Number Recognition & Ordering, Observational Skills, Problem Solving, Puzzles, Activity, Group Activity, Discussion Prompts, Using Shapes for Task, Numbers, Dragonfly, Ant, Snail, Centipede, Woodlouse, Bumblebee, Butterfly, Fly, Ladybird, Spider
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Engage your children in counting play by enlisting their help to create their own ‘Minibeasts’ puzzle set. Select those appropriate for your children (1-10 available) and allow them to colour the images and numbers. The puzzles may then be cut out (you can decide whether to work on scissor skills with your child or pre-cut the puzzles). Then encourage your children to have fun playing with their own puzzles! Each pair has a different way of connecting as a puzzle for the children to match and so even if they haven’t learnt what the number looks like yet, but are beginning to say the numbers in order, this can be a fun way to introduce them to new challenges. Once the puzzles are complete, why not line the numbers up in order and count together? If your children would enjoy a further game, leave out a number and see if they can spot which one is missing from the sequence. Puzzles could also be used as a fine motor control/counting activity if left uncut. Children could be given an appropriate number for their learning and encouraged to place objects on the minibeasts, counting as they go.
Counting, Colour & Count, Colour Cut & Stick, Colouring, Fine Motor, Games, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Number Formation, Number Recognition & Ordering, Observational Skills, Problem Solving, Pencil Control, Puzzles, Scissor Skills, Take Home, Matching Activities, Activity, Using Shapes for Task, Numbers, Dragonfly, Ant, Snail, Centipede, Woodlouse, Bumblebee, Butterfly, Fly, Ladybird, Spider
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Once laminated these Minibeast Multimats (Woodlouse, Spider, Ant, Centipede, Ladybird, Butterfly & Bee) are ideal to be used as reusable playdough or loose parts mats. Alternatively, use them in conjunction with whiteboard pens. Without lamination these sheets could also be used with mark making tools or art and craft materials.
Design Your Own, Fine Motor, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Observational Skills, Pencil Control, Playdough/Loose Part Mats, Activity, Art and Craft, Woodlouse, Ant, Spider, Centipede, Ladybird, Butterfly, Bumblebee
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‘Minibeasts’ themed Number Slice Puzzle Activities. Puzzles available for 1-5, 1-10 and 0-20 sequencing. Full colour versions in this pack. Cut along the vertical lines and laminate for multiple uses or allow your children to cut and stick as an individual activity to take home. Great for number recognition and ordering, observational skills and motor control. Picture and number combination enables child self checking.
Numbers, Puzzles, Games, Observational Skills, Problem Solving, Fine Motor, Scissor Skills, Number Recognition & Ordering, Number Lines, Ordering Activities, Activity, Dragonfly, Ladybird, Spider, Bumblebee, Butterfly, Snail
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Number Slice Puzzle Activities - Colouring versions. Puzzles available for 1-5, 1-10 and 0-20 sequencing. Colour the pictures, cut along the vertical lines and then put the pieces back together in numerical order. Stick to a new sheet of card or paper once complete! Great for number recognition and ordering, observational skills and motor control. Picture and number combination enables child self checking.
Numbers, Puzzles, Games, Observational Skills, Problem Solving, Fine Motor, Colouring, Take Home, Scissor Skills, Number Lines, Number Recognition & Ordering, Colour Cut & Stick, Ordering Activities, Pencil Control, Activity, Home Learning, Dragonfly, Butterfly, Spider, Bumblebee, Ladybird, Snail
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Minibeast themed size ordering pictures. Includes Bee, Spider, Ladybird, Dragonfly, Woodlouse, Snail, Butterfly & Centipede. Intended to be cut out (and ideally laminated) for use by children in repeatable size ordering activities. If you have access to a fuzzy felt board, why not stick velcro tabs on the back so that children can move them around on the board? Alternatively use them as a cut and stick activity (to also strengthen fine motor skills) for the children to take home and discuss with their families using words such as ‘small, smaller, smallest, big, bigger, biggest’.
Cards, Measures - Size, Observational Skills, Problem Solving, Ordering Activities, Activity, Discussion Prompts, Concepts, Bumblebee, Spider, Dragonfly, Ladybird, Woodlouse, Snail, Butterfly, Centipede
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Minibeasts themed size ordering pictures colouring pack. Includes Bee, Spider, Ladybird, Dragonfly, Woodlouse, Snail, Butterfly & Centipede. This colouring version is intended to be a cut and stick activity (to also strengthen fine motor skills) and to encourage children to use size description words such as ‘small, smaller, smallest, big, bigger, biggest’.
Colouring, Colour Cut & Stick, Fine Motor, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Measures - Size, Observational Skills, Problem Solving, Ordering Activities, Pencil Control, Scissor Skills, Take Home, Activity, Discussion Prompts, Concepts, Home Learning, Bumblebee, Spider, Ladybird, Dragonfly, Woodlouse, Snail, Butterfly, Centipede
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Minibeast themed tally chart. Your children will love to use this as part of an out and about hunt activity (for example searching for minibeasts in your outdoor area) or in conjunction with a 'Minibeasts' themed tuff spot or feely bag. Use as a Tally Chart or Check List. Differentiate expectations for individual children within your care. Some children may simply use it as a visual cue whilst others may begin to make marks resembling tally lines or even numbers. Alternatively ask your children ‘Which is your favourite minibeast?’ and collect the results as a group. Which minibeast has the most votes? Perhaps use in conjunction with our ‘Minibeast Pictogram Chart Activity’.
Graph/Charts, Numbers, Counting, Fine Motor, Observational Skills, Take Home, Personal Opinion/Feelings, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Laminate to use with w/b pens, Pencil Control, Group Activity, Discussion Prompts, Bumblebee, Butterfly, Ladybird, Snail, Spider, Earthworm
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‘Minibeast’ word cards. Why not use in conjunction with our ‘Minibeast’ word mat? Includes 12 different minibeasts. Can be used as part of a display or activities. Why not hide them in a sand tray and see which minibeasts the children can uncover? You could also play sorting games such as organising the cards into piles with different characteristics, e.g. wings, shell, legs, etc.
Cards, Posters/Displays, Word Cards, Discussion Prompts, Print Carries Meaning, Snail, Spider, Dragonfly, Earthworm, Bumblebee, Caterpillar, Fly, Butterfly, Ant, Ladybird, Woodlouse, Centipede
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'My Favourite/Favorite Minibeast’ Writing/Drawing/Mark Making Sheets. Both spellings included.
Fine Motor, Personal Opinion/Feelings, Mark Making/Drawing/Writing, Pencil Control, Activity, Drawing, Home Learning, Bumblebee, Ladybird, Butterfly
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Minibeasts themed check lists (One with words, one without). Your children will love to use this as part of an out and about searching activity (for example finding real minibeasts in your outdoor area) or in conjunction with a 'Minibeasts' themed tuff spot or feely bag.
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Additional pages you may like to explore which cover relevant & connected themes
CLICK HERE to visit the ‘BEACH SCHOOL’ PAGE.
Printable ‘Beach’ teaching and learning resources include: scavenger hunts/checklists, mindfulness activity cards, cockle shell age poster, senses booklets and prompts, colouring pages, drawing/writing/mark making sheets, shell multimats, playdough/ loose part mats, art and craft activities, templates, pattern cards, natural loose part art prompts/posters, shapes, pre-writing, rockpool fact cards, symmetry, activity/movement challenges, display lettering, sand play and more!
CLICK HERE to visit ‘LIFE CYCLES’ PAGE.
Printable ‘Life Cycle’ teaching and learning resources include: cyclic puzzles, frog, chicken, caterpillar/butterfly, ant/bean life cycle display packs, posters, cut and stick activities, banners, cards, playdough mats and more!
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This page is for educational purposes only and is intended to support early years and primary practitioners with ideas and resources related to 'Butterfly Education and Awareness Day' (BEAD). We are not officially affiliated with or endorsed by the Association for Butterflies, which initiated this annual observance. We do not claim any rights to specific trademarks or official materials associated with this event. For official information and details, please visit the Association for Butterflies website: www.butterfly-association.org/.
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