Hello Firefly Families!
This week we learned all about butterflies and their life cycle! I think everyone's favorite part of the week was for sure our new caterpillar pets. :) We responded to the journal prompt, "On ___ the caterpillar ate (#) _____", practiced a "directed drawing" of a caterpillar and watercolored it, learned about the word SYMMETRY and made symmetrical butterflies, learned about metamorphosis and what stages the butterfly goes through in it's life cycle, and played a caterpillar "roll and cover" game with dice. We worked on numbers 1, 2 & 3 in our HWT book and we read the books Butterflies, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Caterpillar to Butterfly and Caterpillar and the Polliwog.
"Butterfly Song" (to the tune of "Up on the Housetop")
First comes a butterfly and lays an egg,
Out comes a caterpillar with many legs.
Oh see the caterpillar spin and spin,
A little chrysalis to sleep in.
Oh, oh, oh! Wait and see.
Oh, oh, oh! Wait and see.
Out of the chrysalis, my oh my!
Out comes a pretty butterfly!
Reminders:
*SAVE THE DATE--Firefly End of Year Party at the Park!: Wednesday, May 27th--details TBD
Here are some pictures from our week!
Creating symmetrical butterflies!
