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FREE Honeybee Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download) – Montessori Monday

July 3, 2017 By Deb Chitwood Leave a Comment

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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.

FREE Honeybee Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

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

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.

Developing Scissor Cutting Skills with Montessori-Inspired Activities

But 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.

Basket with Honeybee Cutting Strips and Honeybee Figure

Basket with Honeybee Cutting Strips and Honeybee Figure

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 Montessori-Inspired Paper Cutting Activities

Montessori-Inspired Paper Cutting Activities

You’ll find ideas for home and classroom setups in my post on Montessori-inspired paper cutting activities.

FREE Zoey Animal Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

These free zoo animal cutting strips show 8 African animals and can be used for a special animals of Africa cut-and-paste activity.
Free Turtle Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

These free turtle cutting strips are great for a turtle-, pond-, or ocean unit.

Free Eat-a-Rainbow Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

These free eat-a-rainbow cutting strips are a good way to encourage healthy eating.

Free Lamb Cutting Strips

These free lamb cutting strips are great for a March, farm, or “Mary Had a Little Lamb” theme.

Free Penguin Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

These free penguin cutting strips are perfect for a penguin- or Antarctica unit.

Free Arctic Animal Cutting Strips

Free Arctic Animal Cutting Strips

These cutting strips focus on animals from the Arctic rather than Antarctica and other parts of the Southern Hemisphere.

Free Christmas Bell Cutting Strips

Here are some free cutting strips for a holiday bell theme.

free-dinosaur-cutting-strips

These free dinosaur cutting strips are perfect for a dinosaur theme. They include two dinosaurs and their skeletons.

free-spiderweb-cutting-strips

These free spiderweb cutting strips are perfect for a spider unit or Halloween. Because of the beauty of the spiderwebs, they’re also great for children who are afraid of spiders.

Free Raccoon Cutting Strips

These free raccoon cutting strips can be used for a forest unit at any time or a Kissing Hand unit at the beginning of the school year.

Free Ant Cutting StripsMany young children either love ants or are frightened of them. These free ant cutting strips can be helpful and high interest in either instance.

Free Snail Cutting Strips

Snails are fascinating creatures for many young children, and I have a post with free snail cutting strips.

Free Car Cutting Strips

Cars are a popular topic with many young children … and I have a post with free car cutting strips.

Free Recycling Cutting Strips

I have a post with free recycling cutting strips … a great way to focus interest on recycling!

Free Butterfly Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

I have a post with free butterfly cutting strips … perfect for spring and summer activities!

Free Frog Cutting Strips (Montessori-Inspired Instant Download)

I also have a post with free frog cutting strips.

My granddaughter loves using the cutting strips to develop her scissor cutting skills. I hope your child (or students) enjoys using the cutting strips, too. 🙂

More Insect Posts 
Free Bee Printables and Montessori-Inspired Bee Activities

You’ll find links to our subscriber freebie bee pack, lots of free bee printables, and ideas for bee activities in my free bee printables and Montessori-inspired bee activities.
The Best Bee Books for Kids
You’ll find some great bee books in my post about the best bee books for kids.
Free Honeybee Do-a-Dot Printable
You’ll find another free instant download in my free honeybee do-a-dot printable.

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
    • Insect Unit Study Pinterest Board

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