Free Ant Preschool Printables

Here’s our new and expanded ANT PRESCHOOL UNIT!!  We’ve added a few new printables which are all available in one easy download.

Just click the image above to download a single zip file of all the printables from Google Drive. (Can’t unzip it. Try Hamster Free Zip Archiver approved by Amber’s husband. Remember to download carefully.)

You will need to be able to view pop-ups to download the unit, as it will appear in a pop up window from our site!

Here are some of the printables that MAY BE included in this unit:

• How Many Ants? (You’ll need our counting cards.)
• Life Cycle Puzzle
• Patterns (ABAB and AABB)
• Spin & Graph
• Letter Sort
• Writing Maze
• Beginning Writing/Cutting Practice
• Size Sort
• Number Order Puzzle (1-10)
• Spelling Page
• Count & Graph
   

Products We Use with Our Units

Looking for more ideas?

• Devotional & Memory Verse Helps
• Ant Counting Activities
• Recommended Books 
• Ant Hill Craft
• Movie Night

There are also more ideas, units, printables and crafts available on our Pinterest Board!

We hope you enjoy these printables and please let us know if you have any issues with downloading or using the items provided. 

 

Please do not sell or host these files anywhere else. You MAY link people here. When leading others to these printables, please link to THIS page, not to the file page.  Thanks! (See TOU)

Ant Counting Activities

This week we are expanding on our Ants unit.  It is our final full unit of the year before we begin our summer posts.  Here are some counting activities for you to work on as you wrap up your own school year!

Number Match Puzzles: Numbers 1-20
These will work on counting and number recognition.  I made them two separate downloads so if your kiddo isn’t ready for all of them you can print off what you need! 

 

Counting by 10’s Puzzle:

I hope these will help you have some counting fun this week!

Ants

This week we have been learning all about those busy little workers bugs! 

Here is what we’ve been doing this week. Let us know what you think.  We hope by providing these materials to you free of charge, it will make your life easier! 

Lesson Plan: The lesson plan includes all the lessons for the week, as well as optional ideas. Items following the lesson plan are just the printables or links to websites we used to teach these plans.  (Please note: On top of our lesson plan we are reading books daily that relate to our theme.)

Memory Verse: This memory card is for daily use during our calendar time.  You can learn more about calendar time at 1+1+1=1 or Homeschool Creations.  Our weekly devotional is an object lesson that will help your child apply the meaning of the verse to them.

Day 1:

Ant Beginning Writing- (Can also be used for cutting practice.)You can use this document over and over again if you laminate it and then have you child write with dry erase markers. (Black dry erase wipes off easier than color ones.)

Ant Graphing- This activity will introduce your child to making a simple graph using concrete manipulatives and to practice reading the data displayed on their graph.

Roll & Build an Ant- Talk to you child about parts of an ant as the play this dice game.
Day 2:  

Anthill Letter Match- Have your child match the pictures to their beginning sound.

How Many Ants?- This activity will help your child begin to read, count and model whole numbers 1-10.

Ant Craft- Grab some craft supplies and make this cute ant craft.

Day 3:
Magnet Page: A is for Ant- Helps your child with letter recognition, letter formation, and letter sounds. 

Ant Patterns- Reinforce colors with your child as they create the patterns. 

Life Cycle of an Ant- Use this puzzle to create and discuss the life cycle of an ant. 

We hope you enjoy these lesson plans and please let us know if you have any issues with downloading or using the items provided.  

Please do not sell or host these files anywhere else. You MAY link people here. When leading others to these printables, please link to THIS page, not the 4shared file page.  Thanks! (See TOU)

Anthill Craft

So, we have been learning about ants this week, and for our craft we made a very simple craft to learn about where ants live!

Now, this takes some prep work on mom’s (or dad’s) part to make sure things run smoothly, but its minimal and easy.  Here is what you’ll need!

Materials:

• Construction Paper (1 Blue, 1 Green, 1 Brown)
• Cotton Balls
• Glue Stick
• Scissors
• Stamp Pad

Directions:

• Before sitting down with your kiddo take the blue paper and cut it in halves.  Take the green and cut out a narrow strip, and use the brown to cut out an ant hill.  (Note: I made four of these to give to grandparents, hence why there are four of each thing!)

• Let your kiddo glue the green strip on the bottom of a blue half of paper.
• Next glue on your anthill, making sure the bottom is tucked under the green strip.

• Your tot can stretch out the cotton balls, and you can use them to glue on clouds.

• Using the stamp pad, let your child make ants with their fingerprint.  You might want to let them practice on a blank sheet of paper first, and you will likely need to guide smaller tots! 

• Make three joining fingerprints to create an “ant”.

• Use a pen to make the legs, antenna, and face for you ant. 

Have a great time crafting and learning with your kiddo! 

Give us Strength!

This week our theme is Ants!  Our verse comes from Philippians 4:13.

“I can do everything by the power of Christ.  He gives me strength.”

Materials:

• The Memory Verse Card

Directions:

• Say the verse above with your tot.  We suggest that you print the verse off and use it every morning with your calendar time.  If you don’t do calendar time still say the verse each morning with your tot before you begin tot school.
• Follow the cues given in this devotional. 

Talk with your child about the following:
This week we are learning all about ants, huh?  We’ve talked a little about where ants live, and we know that they like food a lot.  Today we are going to learn something really cool about ants.  Did you know that ants are very strong?  Really, they are!  God made ants very little, but they can lift things that are much bigger than them.  An ant can carry something that is 50 times bigger than they are!  That’s how they carry heavy crumbs of food to their anthills. 

Now, if you were an ant, you might look at heavy crumbs of food and say they were just too big for you to pick up.  But you know what, God made ants to do big things, and He made you to do big things too.  There are a lot of things that can seem bigger than we are, and things we just can’t do on our own. 

When we can’t do something by ourselves, what do you think we should do?  We should ask for help.  Our Bible verse today tells us that we can do all things with Christ who strengthens us.  When we can’t do something on our own the best person to ask for help is God, who will give us all the help we need to do big things in His name.  Now we might not need help lifting heavy things, but we might need help being brave in a thunderstorm.  We might need help being happy when things don’t go our way.  We might even need help when someone makes us angry.  All of these things are big things God can help us with! 

Let’s pray and ask God to help us to do big things. 

Dear God, we know that we were made to do big things for you, and that you can help us do all things!  Be with us this week, and help us to know when to ask you for help!   Amen.

Questions to ask:

• You might want to review last weeks questions with your tot.
• What should we do if we can’t do something on our own?  Ask for help
• Who will help us?  God

Ant Bites & Movie Night

This week we are learning all about Ants, so we had to make this oldie but goodie for our movie snack…Ants on a Log.

This snack can be made in several ways.  You can switch out the raisins for cranraisins, the peanut butter with cream cheese and/or the celery sticks with apple slices.   We went the traditional route.

Here is what you’ll need:  celery peanut butter raisins plastic knife if child is making them

Since you don’t really need step by step instructions I thought I would show how Lil’man created these by himself (with a little help from me):

Step 1:	Step 2:
He spread peanut butter into the celery.	Then he added raisins on top.
Step 3:	Step 4:
He made a few more.	Then he finally got to eat his creation! (He is such a poser!)

To end the night we watched a movie.  Below are a few movie suggestions.  If you have any others, please share in the comments.

Movie Ideas:

• Below you’ll find some possible movie ideas to fit our theme. 
• Use your discretion on what is appropriate for your child.  These movies are merely suggestions and you should read and consider reviews of these movies before watching them.
• Be sure and check Netflix if you have an instant streaming option.

Books About Ants

This week we are learning all about Ants!  I don’t know about you, but our yard, patio and garden seem to be full of them.  I’m so excited to be able to go out and observe them a little bit closer with Lil’man as he has been very interested in watching them crawl and re-build their ant hills that he demolishes.

Below are some book suggestions to get you started.

What are your favorite Ant books, please leave a comment below. The more choices the better! Thanks.