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Printable Activities for The Grouchy Ladybug

March 1, 2018 by Selena Robinson 12 Comments

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Make a fun ladybug counting craft with these free printable activities for The Grouchy Ladybug!

Spring is finally here! And it’s a great time of year to read one of our favorite children’s books: The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle. As we read the story, we talked a bit about how ladybugs are beautifully designed with colorful spots and lines.

And that’s when I decided to share a few printable activities for The Grouchy Ladybug that help kids learn to work with numbers and fractions!

Ladybug Counting and Math Activity

Ladybugs are so perfectly divided into quarters that they make wonderful math counting frames and fraction templates. And that’s what you’ll see in these printable ladybug math activities!

Read on to see how to get this set for free! And for more fun with ladybugs, don’t miss our easy coffee filter ladybug craft!

These printable ladybug math activities are perfect for sharing with the kids this spring!

Reading The Grouchy Ladybug with Kids

Our kids love reading The Grouchy Ladybug. They always laugh at how cantankerous the ladybug is at the beginning.

Activities for the Grouchy Ladybug

He’s just mean and stubborn and unnecessarily contentious.

Activities for the Grouchy Ladybug

But after an encounter with a much, much, much larger animal (a whale), he is sufficiently chastened to show a little gratitude to his fellow ladybug.

Printable Math Activities for The Grouchy Ladybug

To do these printable activities for The Grouchy Ladybug, you’ll need the following: (This post contains affiliate links. For details, see our Disclosure Policy.)

  • Printer (with ink)
  • Printer paper
  • Crayons
  • Safety scissors
  • Laminator (optional)

Printable Ladybug Math Lesson for Kids

To take the ladybug theme a bit farther, we created a couple of hands-on math activities for kids.

Ladybug Fraction Printable Activity

In one of the math activities, we had the boys color ladybug fraction templates.

Hands-On Ladybug Fraction Activity

They took turns creating basic fractions on their ladybugs.

 

 

Hands-On Learning about Fractions with Kids

They could show 1/4.

Simple Ladybug Fractions Activity

Or they could show 3/4.

Learning about Simple Fractions with Kids

Or they could work with the halves and show 1/2. You can also have kids use all of the pieces to discuss what the word “whole” means in mathematics and that fractions are simply “part” of a whole piece.

Printable Ladybug Math Lesson

Then we started working with our ladybug “spots”.

Printable Ladybug Counting Activity

After laminating the pages and cutting them out, we used spots on either side of the ladybug to practice counting, basic addition, and subtraction with the ladybug spots.

As they added up the number of spots on each side, they learned a few ways to add and reach 10. Plus, there are a few extra spots in case of any whoopsies while cutting.

 

Scroll down to get your copy of our printable activities for The Grouchy Ladybug: Ladybug Math Activities!

 

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Ladybug Learning Math Activities

To get your copy of our Ladybug Learning Math Activities printables, click the image or the link below to have them sent directly to your inbox!

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>>> Ladybug Math Activity Set <<<

 

This post is part of the “A Book and a Big Idea: Spring” linkup at iHomeschool Network! Stop by and see how our fellow bloggers are learning about spring with their families this year!

 

 

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Comments

  1. Meeghan Mousaw says

    May 13, 2014 at 10:44 am

    Thanks for the adorable learning pack!

    Reply
    • Krystal says

      October 9, 2020 at 10:35 am

      How do you get it? I signed up for newsletter and confirmed subscription, now how do I get it to print?

      Reply
      • Selena Robinson says

        October 22, 2020 at 2:33 pm

        Hi! I just sent you an email with the link you’ll need for the download. It’s coming from selena@lookwerelearning.com. 🙂

        Reply
  2. Jacqueline says

    May 13, 2021 at 5:33 pm

    Hi, I’ve subscribed but am not able to access the printable. Can someone please help me.

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • Selena Robinson says

      May 18, 2021 at 5:18 pm

      Hi! I just sent you an email. It’s coming from selena@lookwerelearning.com

      Reply
  3. Amber Hoetmer says

    May 16, 2021 at 9:30 pm

    Hello, I signed up a couple of times now do I get the printable

    Reply
    • Selena Robinson says

      May 18, 2021 at 4:28 pm

      Hi! I just sent you an email with the information you need. It’s coming from selena@lookwerelearning.com.

      Reply

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