Ladybug Worksheet – Free Printable PDF
This fun and engaging ladybug worksheet challenges your students visual spatial skills, visual motor skills and fine motor skills. All with one handy worksheet! This freebie is from the complete Follow the Fingerprints packet. You can download it for free at the bottom of this post.
WHAT SKILLS DO YOU WANT TO IMPROVE WITH THIS LADYBUG WORKSHEET?
This free printable helps kids work on the following skills:
- Fine motor skills
- Visual Spatial skills
- Visual motor skills
- visual closure
- directionality and more!
HOW DO YOU COMPLETE THIS ACTIVITY?
Use your fingerprints, dot markers or highlighters to mark the correct object. Look at the color code for this ladybug worksheet. Follow the code:
- If the ladybug is facing up, mark it red.
- If the ladybug is facing down, mark it green.
- If the ladybug is facing right, mark it blue.
- If the ladybug is facing left, mark it orange.
You can use your fingerprints (dab your index finger on an ink pad or fingerpaints), dot markers, or highlighters.
Follow the Fingerprints
HOW TO GET ACCESS TO THE FREE PRINTABLE
All you need to do is follow these three steps to access the printable page for kindergarten students, elementary, middle school, high school and homeschool students:
- Sign up to receive the emails from Your Therapy Source. If you already get our emails, you can enter your email in the box. You will not be subscribed twice.
- You will be redirected to download the PDF format file of the printable activity.
- Print the ladybug worksheet.
OTHER WAYS TO COMPLETE THE ACTIVITY
Here are a few options to modify or differentiate this activity:
- Print on cardstock paper and laminate it. Use wipe-off markers to write on the free printable.
- Make it easier by: drawing circles for where the students need to place their fingerprints. This eliminates the visual closure challenge.
- Make it more difficult by: printing it in black and white and the students have to use the words to solve the code.
- Add in physical activity by: hang the ladybug worksheet on the wall. Kids will have to use the shoulder and upper back muscles to complete the worksheet. Try hanging it lower to the ground, and the students can kneel and complete the activity adding in hip muscle activation.
WHY ARE THESE SKILLS IMPORTANT FOR THE CHILDREN TO PRACTICE WITH THIS FREE PRINTABLE?
Here are more details about this free printable and why the skills are important to practice.
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
Fine motor skills refer to the ability to control small muscles in the hands and fingers. For example in this activity, the children have to: use their fingers to mark the correct ladybug.
Fine motor skills develop throughout childhood and continue to improve into adulthood. They are important for activities such as writing, typing, cooking, and using other tools. There are many ways to improve fine motor skills, including occupational therapy, targeted exercises, and adaptive devices. Get more fine motor activity ideas.
VISUAL MOTOR SKILLS
Visual motor skills are the ability to use information from our visual system to guide our motor system. This can include skills such as catching a ball, writing, drawing, and cutting with scissors. Visual motor skills involve the coordination of both large and small muscles.
For example, in this activity the children have to: find and touch/mark the correct ladybugs.
Additionally, visual motor skills develop over time – infants and toddlers typically have poorer visual motor skills than school-aged children or adults.There are many ways to improve visual motor skills, such as by playing sports, engaging in crafts, or participating in other activities that require coordination and fine motor skills. Anyone can benefit from improving their visual motor skills! Get more visual motor activity ideas.
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VISUAL DISCRIMINATION SKILLS
Visual discrimination skills are the ability to see visual differences between similar objects. For example, in simple terms being able to tell the difference between a circle and a square. These skills develop throughout childhood and continue to improve into adulthood. Visual discrimination skills are important for many everyday activities such as reading, writing, and driving. They can also help with problem-solving and critical thinking.
For example, in this activity the children are working on: determining the differences in the ladybugs.
Read more about visual discrimination skills.
VISUAL SPATIAL AWARENESS
The definition of visual-spatial relations is the ability to visually perceive two or more objects in relation to each other and to yourself.
In this activity, children are working on: deciphering which ladybugs are facing up, down, left or right.
Good visual spatial skills are important for tasks such as math, navigating the environment, following directions, and solving puzzles. Children develop visual spatial skills by participating in activities such as building with blocks, playing video games, and participating in sports. Check out more spatial awareness activities.
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WHEN IS A GOOD TIME TO USE THIS ACTIVITY?
The free printable is great to use for:
- Fine Motor stations
- Vision therapy
- Brain breaks
- Early finishers
- Occupational Therapy Session
- Physical Therapy Session
- Carry over activities at home
- School breaks
- Anytime kids need some extra motor skill practice!
DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE COPY OF THE LADYBUG WORKSHEET HERE
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