Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Beginning our Butterfly Life Cycle Unit!

Today we began our new unit:
The Life Cycle of the Butterfly!

What a day and so much fun! Today we discussed what we know about butterflies and what we would like to know about butterflies. We read The Very Hungry Caterpillar and watched a video of 
Here is our reading list for this week:


Each child colored their own caterpillar and applied some googly eyes, for fun. Then the kids colored and cut pieces for their very own Very Hungry Caterpillar mobile. We finished off by painting some coffee filters with watercolor paints and made those into some delicate butterflies!
Here are some of our art from today, on our special
themed bulletin board:







And here is more from our day...











Day 2 The Life Cycle of a Butterfly:

Day 3 The Life Cycle of a Butterfly: