Here is a cute ladybug color match for color recognition. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and cut them out. I then laminated them for durability.

I set the ladybugs in one pile and the leaves in another pile. I made two different sizes of leaves ... a smaller one for a single ladybug match and a larger one for a multiple match.

In this activity children place the matching ladybug(s) on the same color leaves. I made the leaves with and without color labels and also include the alternate spelling of the color gray/grey.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added Ladybug Number Match Sticks.

We made paper plate ladybugs this week and they turned out super cute. We did this project over a two day period to make sure we had enough time for the paint to dry.

To make the lady you will need red paint ... glue ... scissors ... black construction paper ... wiggles eyes ... and paper plates. We used the thicker chinette brand for our paper plates.

The first step is to paint the back of the paper plates red. You can do this by using a paint and paint brush or a paint dauber. After we painted the plates we let them dry for the rest of the day.

We cut head shapes out of black construction paper and glued them on to the bottom of the paper plates.

The next step was to glue wiggle eyes on the heads. If you do not have wiggle eyes a different color of construction paper such as yellow or blue cut into small circles will work fine.

We cut circle shapes out of black construction paper and glue them on to the painted paper plate. You can put as many or as little spots on the ladybugs as you want.

We cut black construction paper into 3-4 inch lengths and folded them back and forth (accordion style) for the legs.  We glued three on each side of the paper plate.

We hung our ladybugs up around the room.  The children got lots of fine motor practice through the use of scissors and gluing pieces together.

You can see a video of this project below:

I made a ladybug even and odd number sorting that the children really liked working on. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper and and cut out the ladybugs and laminated them.  I then cut out the leaf patterns and labels and glue them on colored cardstock paper (you could also use construction paper or just leave them as is after printing).  

I set the leaf mats out along with the number ladybugs. Children sort the ladybugs by putting the even numbered ladybugs on the the even numbers leaf and the odd numbered ladybugs on the odd numbers leaf.

​As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added a ladybug upper and lowercase sort.

I made a ladybug pick and cover activity for number recognition and review. I printed everything on cardstock paper ... cut them out and laminated them.

I set the number mat out along with the loose number squares and cover-up circles.  You can use a variety of items such as pom poms or playdough for the cover-ups.  I have included numbers 0-20 and 0-30 mats.

In this activity the children pick a number card and cover up the same number on the ladybug mat.  Play continues until all numbers have been covered.

As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added the monster letter match. 

I made a ladybug math activity that is also great for number recognition as well as fine motor development. I printed the patterns on cardstock paper ... cut them out ... and then laminated them.

I set the ladybugs out along with black pony beads for the children to use as counters.  If you do not have pony beads you can also use playdough that has been rolled into small balls.

In this activity the children count out and put the same number of pony beads on the ladybug that is indicated on the leaf. As of 2022 this activity can be found in the member's section which is also where I have added ladybug alphabet and number matching.