Our butterflies finally emerged!
Last week we began talking about caterpillars and their transformation into butterflies. To help us learn about them we read, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle and played with felt board pieces from the story. For art projects, we made our Caterpillar C's and coffee filter butterflies. For dramatic play, we made caterpillars out of toilet paper rolls and fed them and we even wore our butterfly wings and flew around the room. Then finally, this week, we were able to see the transformation first hand when our butterflies emerged. All the kids were very excited to see real butterflies. We will definitely repeat this activity next year!
Last week we began talking about caterpillars and their transformation into butterflies. To help us learn about them we read, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle and played with felt board pieces from the story. For art projects, we made our Caterpillar C's and coffee filter butterflies. For dramatic play, we made caterpillars out of toilet paper rolls and fed them and we even wore our butterfly wings and flew around the room. Then finally, this week, we were able to see the transformation first hand when our butterflies emerged. All the kids were very excited to see real butterflies. We will definitely repeat this activity next year!