We’ve been totally loving our bee unit! My 3½-year-old granddaughter, Zoey, was afraid of bees, so she’s been fascinated to learn more about them. She’s worked with our bee activities numerous times already.
Zoey always enjoys our themed cutting strips, and I’m sure she’ll love these. The free honeybee cutting strips show bees on and by flowers, a pollen basket on a bee’s leg, and even a beekeeper. The cutting strips are an instant download and are very easy to prepare.
Montessori-Inspired Printables at Living Montessori Now
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My daughter, Christina (a former Montessori child), and I are partnering to bring you a series of Montessori-inspired printables. (Note: Christina has some sweet themed kids’ fitness printables that are great for homes or classrooms!)
The printables are typically themed and use a number of Montessori principles (although you don’t need to be a Montessori teacher or homeschooler to use them). The cutting strips use photographs or realistic images to emphasize reality.
Preschoolers love to learn proper terminology, so I typically tell you the name of the objects or animals featured whenever I can. All the cutting strips today focus on the honeybee. I love that you can see pollen basket on the flying honeybee’s leg!
Free Honeybee Cutting Strips
To download, click here and then click on the file image in the upper right corner of the PDF to save to your computer (just choose where you want it saved).
Montessori-Inspired Activities Using the Honeybee Cutting Strips
Honeybee Cutting Strips with Basket and Safari Ltd Honeybee
Cutting skills are so important for preschoolers. Two year olds can begin working on them, too. When children are first working on cutting skills, they’ll have an easier time cutting cardstock than paper. So, in the beginning, I recommend printing the strips on cardstock. Printer paper is fine for children with more advanced cutting skills.
I’m not sure where I got this basket, although the small Multicraft tray would work, too. I’ve always used Fiskar scissors for kids, which are sharp enough to cut paper easily. For interest, I added the adult honeybee from the Safari Ltd. Life Cycle of a Honey Bee.
For home use, I like to have a small container to catch the paper scraps. I used a small wooden box we had, although you could use any small container. For younger children, I recommend keeping the basket or tray up out of reach when it’s not being used.
For classroom use, you might want to use Ziplock bags to catch the scraps. Children have fun taking their scraps home in a bag … or saving them to paste onto a collage.
More Insect Posts
Here are links to many more insect posts:
- Montessori-Inspired Insect Unit
- Free Ladybug Printables and Montessori-Inspired Ladybug Activities
- Montessori-Inspired Caterpillar-Butterfly Unit
- Montessori-Inspired Life Cycle Activities
- Free Butterfly Printables and Montessori-Inspired Butterfly Activities
- Free Butterfly Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Butterfly Sensory Bin with Scavenger Hunt and Life Cycle Activities {Free Printables}
- Montessori-Inspired Spring Activities with Spielgaben {Free Printables}
- Free Butterfly Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Ant Printables and Montessori-Inspired Ant Activities
- Free Ant Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download
- Free Ant Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Ant Sensory Bin with Scavenger Hunt and Life Cycle Activities
- The Best Ant Books for Kids
- Ants on a Log Fun Food Preparation for Preschoolers
- Montessori-Inspired Ladybug Unit with Free Printables and Activities
- The Best Ladybug Books for Kids,
- Free Ladybug Do-a-Dot Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Ladybug Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Ladybug Life Cycle – The Joy of Growing Ladybugs
- Free Noisy Insect Printables and Montessori-Inspired Noisy Insect Activities
- Free Cricket and Katydid Do-a-Dot Printables (Montessori-Inspired Phonics Instant Download)
- Free Insect Sounds, Songs, and Rhymes for Circle Time,
- Free Noisy Insect Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Weird Insect Printables and Montessori-Inspired Weird Insect Activities
- Favorite Books for a Weird Insect Theme
- Free Do-a-Dot Leafhopper Phonics Printable (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Montessori-Inspired Insect Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)
- Free Caterpillar to Butterfly Printables and Montessori-Inspired Activities
- Favorite Books for a Butterfly Theme
- Butterfly Life Cycle: The Joy of Raising Butterflies
- Insect Unit Study Pinterest Board
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The Best Way to Begin Working on Scissor Cutting Skills
Even before using cutting strips, I recommend using an easier object to cut, such as strings of beads. You’ll find lots of tips and ideas for teaching scissor skills in my post on developing scissor cutting skills with Montessori-inspired activities.
More Montessori-Inspired Paper Cutting Activities
You’ll find ideas for home and classroom setups in my post on Montessori-inspired paper cutting activities.
All Our Free Themed Cutting Strips
I’ve arranged the following gallery in alphabetical order. Just click on an image to go to the post with the related free printable!
You can see all our free cutting strips with the latest at the top here.
I hope your child (or students) enjoys using the cutting strips. 🙂
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