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PSPKK123 April 29, 2015  •  43 Comments

Free insect emergent readers

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Today I’m sharing another set of Color Me Readers. These insect emergent readers are perfect for your child to color and read to you!

Free insect emergent readers - great to use alongside a preschool insect theme!

I just love making these little books for my boys to color and read!  I’m creating a set of Color Me Readers to go along with each of our early childhood book lists.

So far I’ve shared:

  • A book list about transportation
  • Transportation-themed Color Me Readers
  • A book list about the sun, moon, and space
  • Space-themed Color Me Readers
  • A book list about insects

And here are the Insect Color Me Readers!

Free insect emergent readers - great to use alongside a preschool insect theme!

I’ve designed these readers to be used with my preschool boys (just over 3 and almost 5) to teach them more about basic concepts of print.  Since my older preschooler (almost five) has a pretty good sight word knowledge and is sounding out three letter words, these books are quite easy for him to read.

But he’s always excited to see a new set!

Free insect emergent readers - great to use alongside a preschool insect theme!

Our youngest son (at right, age 3) doesn’t read any words except for his name.  But he knows most of his alphabet, so he could “read” the Level One book with me.

Free insect emergent readers - great to use alongside a preschool insect theme!

I pointed out the word “A” and named the insect.  He caught on to the pattern quickly and could read the whole book.

No, he does not read those insect names in isolation.  But he is using picture clues, reading that word “a,” turning the pages in the right direction, and recognizing that the words on the page mean something.  Yay for concepts of print!

Free insect emergent readers - great to use alongside a preschool insect theme!

By reading the Level Two book, some preschoolers will start to recognize the words “big” and “little.”  Some children will be able to look at the beginning letters of the words and make a good guess at the name of the insect using those beginning sounds.

Others, like my Three, will enjoy coloring the books, looking at them, and “reading” on their own.  They’ll need you to tell them the names of the insects they don’t recognize.

Free insect emergent readers - great to use alongside a preschool insect theme!

The level Three set focuses on color words, and is great for older preschoolers or kids up to first grade who are learning those color words.  My Four actually asked me to print this set twice.  I think he liked the challenge of figuring out those color words!  Or maybe he just likes to color. 😉

I hope you have a lot of fun with these!

How to assemble

1. Print the four pages for each book, single sided.

  • Level 1 – pages 2-5
  • Level 2 – pages 6-9
  • Level 3 – pages 10-13

2. Cut along the bold lines on each page.

3. Stack the pages together to make each book.

4. Staple along the left side of each book.

Get your free insect readers!

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43 Comments

  1. Alisha

    May 14, 2015 at 4:00 am

    These are great. Thanks!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      May 17, 2015 at 7:02 pm

      You’re very welcome, Alisha!

      Reply to this comment
  2. Irene

    June 14, 2015 at 2:22 pm

    Thank you so much for your generosity. Having made some of my own materials I know the time and effort that goes into producing quality material. I really appreciate your ideas, tips and products.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 22, 2015 at 8:32 am

      You’re very welcome, Irene!

      Reply to this comment
  3. Stepfanee

    June 22, 2015 at 2:51 pm

    You have such great resources! Thank you so much for sharing!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 24, 2015 at 8:14 pm

      You’re very welcome! 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  4. Susanne Christensen

    August 21, 2015 at 10:48 am

    Hi!
    I really like your books! I live in Denmark, where we of course speak Danish – would it be okay if I translate your books to Danish and share them?
    Sincerely, Susanne

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      August 21, 2015 at 10:56 am

      Hello, Susanne!

      If you would like to write Danish in the printed books and give them to friends, that’s perfectly fine. However, it’s against my terms of use to alter digital files and distribute them.

      Reply to this comment
  5. tanveen

    December 1, 2015 at 6:14 pm

    Great work and help…your work inspires me to work hard 🙂

    tanveen

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      December 10, 2015 at 4:39 pm

      Thank you, Tanveen!

      Reply to this comment
  6. Amy

    March 26, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    Wow! These are great! Thank you so much for sharing!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      March 28, 2016 at 5:22 pm

      You’re very welcome, Amy!

      Reply to this comment
  7. Lindsay

    April 3, 2016 at 5:57 am

    I can’t open the books for some reason?

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      April 3, 2016 at 7:16 am

      Did you try these tips, Lindsay? https://www.themeasuredmom.com/how-to-download-free-files/

      Reply to this comment
  8. Elena

    April 11, 2016 at 5:55 am

    Thank you very much!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      April 11, 2016 at 4:57 pm

      You’re welcome, Elena!

      Reply to this comment
  9. J

    January 29, 2017 at 5:36 pm

    These books are awesome and so motivating for our beginning readers! Thank you!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      January 30, 2017 at 6:46 am

      I’m so glad to hear that! 🙂

      Reply to this comment
  10. Phayao

    June 14, 2017 at 4:02 am

    Thank you very much. They are great. I’m Thai. I am a teacher who teach English. It’s hard and difficult for my students to learn English. I try to find worksheets and every things to teach them.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      June 15, 2017 at 7:39 pm

      You’re very welcome, Phayao!

      Reply to this comment
  11. Allison

    August 5, 2017 at 5:34 am

    I’m trying to print the free printable for my daughter and it’s not giving me an opinion to give my email.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      August 6, 2017 at 6:34 am

      You don’t need to give your email address to print this.

      Reply to this comment
  12. Dzinyanu

    August 7, 2017 at 9:13 pm

    Great and useful materials you have here!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      August 19, 2017 at 3:24 pm

      Thanks, Dzinyanu!

      Reply to this comment
  13. Elizabeth

    September 10, 2017 at 6:23 pm

    You are reaching children around the world.

    Thank so much for sharing!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      September 27, 2017 at 1:22 pm

      Thank you, Elizabeth – that’s very encouraging!

      Reply to this comment
  14. Rose

    February 17, 2018 at 1:11 pm

    Thank you for creating these.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      February 22, 2018 at 6:55 am

      You’re very welcome, Rose!

      Reply to this comment
  15. Alice R.

    July 5, 2018 at 7:01 am

    Hi,
    I am unable to print the free insect emergent ready. I click on get your set of books here but it won’t download.
    Please advise.
    Thanks,
    Alice R.

    Reply to this comment
  16. Alice R.

    July 5, 2018 at 11:51 am

    Hi,
    There must have been something wrong with my computer. I was able to download those cute insect books. Thank you my error.
    Alice R.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      July 8, 2018 at 2:59 pm

      I’m glad you got it to work!

      Reply to this comment
  17. Edwina

    November 9, 2018 at 5:11 am

    You are an inspiration, Anna and you make teaching so easy!! Thanks always. Edwina

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      November 9, 2018 at 7:09 am

      You’re welcome, Edwina!

      Reply to this comment
  18. Saira

    November 15, 2018 at 9:54 pm

    Thank you so much.. for evry thing

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      November 16, 2018 at 7:24 am

      You’re very welcome, Saira!

      Reply to this comment
  19. Angelica

    April 19, 2020 at 4:45 am

    Un grand merci ? pour ce partage. Magnifique travail ?. Bonne continuation.

    Reply to this comment
  20. susana

    May 29, 2020 at 2:53 pm

    Very unique worksheets

    Reply to this comment
  21. Myat

    September 3, 2020 at 4:46 am

    These are great. Really appreciate you.???

    Reply to this comment

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