Posted in Book Units (other than FIAR)

I'm excited to learn more about butterflies with the kids next week!

I'm also very excited about the fabulous (did I mention free) lapbook on butterflies at HSS!

Here are some other books and ideas I am excited about for next week!

Books

Activities, Crafts and Lessons

 *Be sure you check out this lapbook on butterflies, really and truly, I think this is one of the best freebies out there! Butterfly Lapbook from HSS!

*we are going to draw the butterfly life cycle in our nature journals

*HERE is a great page with pictures and facts about the butterfly.

*Coloring page of a monarch butterfly.

*Did you sing the Butterfly Song when you were a child? I DID!! I love that song! And I found a website where you can listen and sing along! Oh the memories! Click on this website, and then scroll down a bit to listen to the Butterfly Song.

*Make caterpillars and butterflies with playdough. Maybe we could even show the life cycle with playdough?

*A few years ago we "acted out" the lifecycle of the butterfly. I think we will do this again! First you curl up in a ball to be the egg. Second, you slither on the ground like a caterpillar. Then, you curl up in a ball like a cocoon - you can even cover up with a blanket. Then, you emerge from the blanket and fly around like a butterfly!

*This site has some fabulous printables! Probably for the little bit older crowd, you can label the parts of the caterpillar and butterfly, note the differences between a butterfly and moth.  There are also 2 really neat stories comparing our spiritual walk and salvation to the life of a butterfly. Check them out HERE and HERE.

*HERE are lots of pretty butterfly coloring pages to choose from!

*A butterfly wordsearch