Insects Cutouts for teaching Kindergarten EFL

 The complete resource for the insects unit is here:    https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Insects-Unit-for-Kindergarten-Holistic-English-Series-18-6984205

Insects Unit cutouts activities for the linguistic competence. The cutouts gives a chance to go deeper into the unit using different materials. Pictures help with understanding.

 Print the jar template and glue it onto a lunch bag. Play guess what’s in the jar?
Teacher: What’s in the jar?
Students: a butterfly!
Teacher: Yes! That’s right.

The jar is fun for speaking!

    Use the cutouts to make patterns. They are important for the students to be able to describe them in a speaking mode, to reproduce them using the cutouts and to create a new pattern they wish.It's a way to experiment patterns in a new way. They will be able to follow a pattern that you say as well.

Students: big bee, small bee, big butterfly, small butterfly.

The patterns video:

Take a look on how I used the cutouts for big or small.

      Cutouts same and different.

Place several cutouts in a row. The first row will have the same insects. Point and have the students repeat with you.
Teacher:ant, ant, ant. They are the same!
The second row place a different cutout.
Teacher:bee, bee, dragonfly. Which one is different?
Students: dragonfly!

      Place the insects cutouts on the board. Tell the students that all the insects have 6 legs and that you are going to count them together. Circle the legs afterwards.

·       Where are the insects activities? Use the flashcards to place the cutouts as to where you can find the insects. Here is a small chart that I made up as a guide.

Identify the location of an insect. Use and model the word on. Place the cutouts on the flashcard to show where the insects can be found.

Teacher: The bee is on the leaf

Students: The butterfly is on the leaf.

Teacher: Where are the grasshoppers?

Students: They are on the grass.

Take a look!

Do the same using the cutouts instead of the flashcards. Have the students describe the quantity using the numbers.

Students: There are five insects on the plant.

Do more preposition work with the fireflies jars. Go to the blog post and see it: https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2024/04/fireflies-prepositions.html 

It is also included in this resource.

    Use the numbers flashcards for counting insects cuouts!
Teacher: How many insects are there?
Students: three!

Take a look!

       Just for fun make pencil toppers. Just add a chenille to the cutouts and twist the chenille around the pencil. This would be the craft for this unit.

   Another idea is to make a beehive using toilet paper tubes inside a tissue box. Have the students match each bee to each space in the beehive.
Students: a red bee in the beehive.

·       Sorting into jars! Print the jars and labels that you want to practice.

Sort by shapes.

Sort by type of insect.

Sort by color.

Sort by quantity.

·       I saw this idea and gave it a try, I have so many old CDs to recycle.

I covered each CD with construction paper and added a shape label to each one. I glued all the shapes insets to clothespin and had the students sort them out.

I used fun foam letters to have the students write words along each cutout.

Use the flashcards to direct what the insects eat.
Teacher: This is a butterfly. What does it eat?
Students: a flower!

Don't miss the blog post for the Games used for teaching the Insects.

https://eflpreschoolteachers.blogspot.com/2021/07/insects-unit-games-for-teaching.html

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