

Butterfly Education and Awareness Day (BEAD) is celebrated on June 6, 2026. It was created by the Association for Butterflies to raise awareness about butterflies as pollinators, their habitats, and conservation needs. For early childhood educators, BEAD is a chance to connect children with nature through play, observation, and creativity.
Butterfly Matching Clipcards enable children to match the correct butterfly. These cards can be laminated and children use "pegs" to clip the matching butterfly. This also is good for fine motor development as children use pegs to clip onto the correct colour butterfly.
The Lifecycle Of A Butterfly shows the process of how a butterfly develops, This is great for children to learn about lifecycles.
Butterfly Posters show pictures of different types of butterflies. These can be used in a variety of different experiences including during group time, for art experiences and more.
Butterfly Garden Counting encourages children to identify the number on the sun and add the correct number of butterflies to the counting mat. This is a great activity to help children with counting and one-to-one correspondence.
Butterfly Colour Matching enables children to match the correct colour squares to the correct colour butterfly. This is a great experience for children who are learning to recognise primary and secondary colours.
Butterfly and Flower Number Count Flower enables children to add the correct number of butterflies corresponding to the number on the flower. This helps children with identifying numbers and supports number recognition and one-to-one correspondence. The butterflies provided can be cut out and glued onto each flower. These can also be laminated and used as play dough mats.
The Insects and Bugs Pom Pom Mats are a great fine motor skills activity for children. It enables children to place pom pom balls on the correct spot on each insect and bug. This helps children with developing their fine motor skills as well as their hand/eye coordination. Children can choose the same colour as the insect or bug or add multiple colours. This activity can also be used with playdough as well.

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