“Butterfly, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis” ...was part of the butterfly lifecycle song we have been singing all week. It has helped us to remember the order of each stage. The home that caterpillars create to become a butterfly has been quite intriguing to us this week. We learned that to make the chrysalis the caterpillar has to hang upside down and hold its body in the shape of a “J”. We watched a time lapse video of a caterpillar creating a chrysalis and then coming out of it as a butterfly. It was fascinating to watch this metamorphosis! We colour dyed and used different types of pastas to represent each of the stages of the butterfly lifecycle. We then used the leftover pastas to create our own unique artwork. Some of us wrote the letter B for butterfly and decorated that, where others created a garden for the butterflies and caterpillars to live.
Learning about the chrysalis stage was a bunch of fun! We all took turns pretending to be a caterpillar in a chrysalis by having our friends wrap us up in toilet paper, then helping us to emerge as a beautiful butterfly. It was very cute watching all of the new little butterflies flying around outside!
In following this week’s theme, we practiced pattern making by building a coloured pompom caterpillar, and revisiting the concept of symmetry by cutting out a half a paper butterfly to open it and reveal a full butterfly shape. We then collaged tissue paper pieces for the butterfly’s wings, added a popsicle stick for the body and pipe cleaners for the antennae.
This week we have been continuing our Estimation Jars. We figured out over the week that if an object is bigger the amount will be less, and if the object is smaller there can be a lot more of them. We have seen buttons, wine corks, cereal and Lego. We were able to practice counting, and sorting by colour and size. The Lego was tricky to estimate because all the pieces were different sizes. Everyone built something and then each counted how many Lego pieces it took to build.
Some other things we did this week include journaling outdoors and writing and brainstorming words that start with the letters “F” and “G”.
I hope everyone’s having a great May long weekend despite the rainy weather.
Xoxo Miss Audra
Learning about the chrysalis stage was a bunch of fun! We all took turns pretending to be a caterpillar in a chrysalis by having our friends wrap us up in toilet paper, then helping us to emerge as a beautiful butterfly. It was very cute watching all of the new little butterflies flying around outside!
In following this week’s theme, we practiced pattern making by building a coloured pompom caterpillar, and revisiting the concept of symmetry by cutting out a half a paper butterfly to open it and reveal a full butterfly shape. We then collaged tissue paper pieces for the butterfly’s wings, added a popsicle stick for the body and pipe cleaners for the antennae.
This week we have been continuing our Estimation Jars. We figured out over the week that if an object is bigger the amount will be less, and if the object is smaller there can be a lot more of them. We have seen buttons, wine corks, cereal and Lego. We were able to practice counting, and sorting by colour and size. The Lego was tricky to estimate because all the pieces were different sizes. Everyone built something and then each counted how many Lego pieces it took to build.
Some other things we did this week include journaling outdoors and writing and brainstorming words that start with the letters “F” and “G”.
I hope everyone’s having a great May long weekend despite the rainy weather.
Xoxo Miss Audra
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