This week’s Freebie Friday features the Life Cycle of a Monarch Butterfly. I’m experimenting with the fun and glittery illustrations made by Glitter Meets Glue Designs. The blacklines are realistic, and the colored illustrations are glittery. I’m curious to see how the students respond to this new style in the classroom. Scroll down for details about how […]
Butterflies
Ideas for a Butterfly Unit
Raise caterpillars and observe how they change into butterflies! See more on our post about Painted Lady Butterflies here. Simple butterfly life cycle sequencing puzzle Monarch butterfly life cycle 3-part cards with objects. We made this set using images from Google. Types of Butterflies- 3-part cards and objects matching. We made this set by photographing […]
Painted Lady Butterflies
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 […]
Learning About Bugs
It’s spring and the season for bugs! We have a little guy in our class this year who is going to be over the moon about this unit. We call him the bug whisperer. Come back next week to check out photos of our Fine Motor and Art shelves filled with buggy activities. Our oh-so-very […]