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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great Math Manipulatives for Preschool and Kindergarten Sep 07, 2009
By Anne
I've started a collection of math manipulatives to help my children with our math for homeschooling. I had a set of these bugs from discovery toys. That is a great set because it is a smaller amount of bugs with pattern cards (great for preschool and kindergarten). But, if you bought just the bugs (I found these at a garage sale yesterday), it would be very easy to replicate those activities simply by helping children count using the bugs and create patterns. I am very glad to have extra bugs now!
For Preschool, I use the book Developing Number Concepts by Kathy Richardson: Bk 1. I love that book and these bugs would be really fun for kids to use for those activities! Kathy Richardson does a wonderful job explaining what young children need to learn to develop their number sense--it's the best book I've found around. The activities are very simple and quick.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
These are GREAT!! Mar 01, 2009
By Christine Hawn
My son loves these bugs. They are educational when used for counting, sorting, and color recognition. i orginally purchased the discovery toys bug game and we lost all the catepillars. so when i saw these, i thought perfect, more bugs with plenty of catepillars. they are durable and fun to play with. we even put them on the trampoline and hit with our hands to watch them bounce. great sensory activity!!!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Backyard Bugs are great fun and educational Mar 07, 2008
By B. Smouse
I purchased these to use in my preschool classroom. The kids LOVE them!!!
These bugs are fun just to explore, but they also provide a great way to teach sorting and patterning. There are five colors of bugs, so you can sort them just by color. Then, when the children are a little older, you can show them that - even though they're the same color - they aren't exactly the same. (Within each color group there are 2 each of every bug.) There's also an opportunity to teach the difference between "bugs" and spiders, as well as introducing the idea of metomorphosis (the caterpillar will turn into a butterfly).
The only downside I've found to these little critters is that they're made of a soft rubber. While the texture is cool for the kids, it also makes it very easy to pull off legs and antennae.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Sorting for boys or those interested in bugs Dec 27, 2009
By Kristine
This is a nice little tub of sorters and counters. Learning Resources always makes good quality toys.
Great toy for fun and pre-math skills Feb 13, 2012
By Holly Doherty
"mommalove"
I bought these for my 3 year old daughter and she absolutely loves them. They seem durable and are well made. There are so many ways to use them - sorting by color or bug type, counting, even doing patterns. The tub even comes with a little bit of info about each bug, so you can start teaching facts about the insects. Great buy!
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