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You are here: Home / Activities / Science / Painted Lady Butterflies

Painted Lady Butterflies

May 26, 2013 By Seemi

Painted Lady Butterflies

 


Painted Lady Butterflies at Trillium Montessori

The Painted Lady caterpillars arrive!

Observing caterpillar growth.  These little guys eat a LOT!

In about a week the caterpillars made their way to the top of the jar and curled into a J

By the next morning they had all turned into chrysalides!

Transferring the chrysalides to their new home

In another ten days the lovely butterflies had emerged!

Painted ladies chilling at the bottom of the butterfly cage.

Identifying Painted Lady butterflies on our butterfly chart

Getting ready to release the butterflies

Fly, fly, butterfly!

This one didn’t want to leave

Cleaning out the butterfly cage.  Someone had to do it.

Field Trip

We went to the Magic Wings Butterfly House for our Spring family field trip and had a blast frolicking with butterflies from around the world!

Music

Dancing to “La Mariposa” (The Butterfly) by Colibri  (see more here)

We also enjoyed this simple little song:

[children curl up on the floor and pretend to sleep]

Fuzzy caterpillars curled into a J    

They turned into chrysalids and slept for many days

While they were sleeping, they dreamed that they could fly

Later when they woke up, they were butterflies!

[Children hop up and flutter about. Clap while singing the rest of the song]

Fly! Fly! Butterfly!

Fly! Fly! Butterfly!

Fly into the sky so high!

Butterfly “Works”

Take a look at our posts about Bugs and Bug themed fine motor activities for more details.

Butterfly watercolors

Butterfly pinpunching

Parts of a butterfly booklet

Reading about butterflies

Butterfly Reading Cards

Painted Lady Life Cycle Videos

Caterpillar turn into a chrysalis

Butterfly emerges from the chrysalis

Linked to these great blogs.

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Filed Under: Science, Seasonal, Trillium Montessori Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Butterflies, Spring

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