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Learning about insect body parts {free printable}

June 6, 2013 by Katie 11 Comments

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We’ve been studying insects lately. One thing we have learned is that insects have specific anatomy that is part of what make them insects. For example, all adult insects have six legs and three main parts to their body – a head, thorax, and abdomen. In order to help QBoy and XGirl learn about insect anatomy, I created a game to reinforce these main insect body parts. You can download your copy of this game at the end of this post.

Note: For more resources, printables and activities related to insects, please see my insects unit study page.

Learning about insect body parts: two activities plus a free printable game to learn about insect anatomy | #insects #freeprintable #handsonlearning #giftofcuriosity || Gift of Curiosity

The Insect Body Parts game involves building an insect part by part, with each part corresponding to a number from 1 to 6.

To play the game, my kids took turns rolling the dice.

Learning about insect body parts || Gift of Curiosity

Then, according to the number on the dice, they selected a body part and added it to our insect.

Parts of an Insect Game || Gift of Curiosity

Parts of an Insect Game || Gift of Curiosity

When they were done building their insect, we celebrated! (Note that the Parts of an Insect game can be played cooperatively – as I had my kids play – or competitively.)

After we finished building our insect, we took a look at our model butterfly from our Butterfly Life Cycle Stages Characters set to compare the butterfly’s body to the generic insect body from our game.

Parts of a butterfly || Gift of Curiosity

Of course, while adult insects all have the same main body parts, they differ in other ways. When we raised our butterflies, we were fascinated to see the butterflies using their proboscises – their slender, tubular feeding and sucking organs – to eat the fruit we had provided to them. The proboscis works quite a bit like the blowing toys I remember receiving as party favors when I was little, so I picked some up at the store for the kids to play with.

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We all decided to be butterflies, and XGirl passed out a piece of fruit to all of us. Then we all used our proboscises to “eat” our fruit.

Learning about butterfly proboscises || Gift of Curiosity

The kids had so much fun with this!

Learning about butterfly proboscises || Gift of Curiosity

Finally, if you want a copy of my Parts of an Insect game, here is a sneak peak at what is included in this printable:

Parts of an insect printable game || Gift of Curiosity

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For more resources, printables and activities related to insects, please see my insects unit study page and my Insects Pinterest page. 

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11 Comments

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  1. Julie says

    June 7, 2013 at 1:48 pm

    Looks like an extra educational version of the game Cootie. Nicely done. Thanks for linking to Hobbies and Handicrafts.

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  2. pinkoddy says

    June 10, 2013 at 9:17 am

    This is brilliant and perfect with what I have been doing with my children, thank you so much for sharing it with me, and linking up to Motivational Monday

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  3. Carla says

    June 11, 2013 at 8:09 am

    I love this idea!! Puzzles and games are both so good for children!! Thanks for sharing your printable and for linking up at Teach Me Tuesday at Preschool Powol Packets!

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  4. Deb @ Living Montessori Now says

    June 12, 2013 at 10:19 pm

    This is awesome, Katie … so fun and creative! Thanks for linking up with Montessori Monday … and thanks for generously sharing your free printable! I featured your printable as the Free Printable of the Day at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow (and on Pinterest).

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  5. Sugar Aunts says

    June 13, 2013 at 6:56 pm

    We will be featuring your post on a HUGE list of Rainy Day Summer Play activities on Share It Saturday this weekend! We will be sharing with all of our followers on our social media sites (including group boards and communities!!) Thanks for sharing with us at Share It Saturday!
    Colleen at http://www.sugaraunts.com

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  6. Carrie says

    June 14, 2013 at 11:39 am

    So fun!! I love it. Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!

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  7. Ticia says

    June 15, 2013 at 6:17 am

    Your printable reminds me of the Cootie game. Back when we studied flying creatures we did a very similar game, and the kids loved it.

    Thanks for linking up to Science Sunday again!

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    • Katie says

      June 15, 2013 at 6:48 am

      I used to play the cootie game when I was little!

      Reply
  8. Heather says

    June 20, 2013 at 3:36 am

    I love this! I featured you today on the Hearts for Home blog hop!

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  9. Chris says

    April 11, 2015 at 10:13 am

    Cute insect and idea! I am going to trace around my copy and then photocopy the traced lines. My pre-preschoolers will then color their insects, cut out on the lines and then play your dice game. This both saves on printer ink and personalizes it for the kids.

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  10. Katherine says

    June 15, 2015 at 6:01 pm

    Great printable, thanks

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