By far, this is one of the most lessons I have taught within pre-school thus far. Mine little 3 and 4 year old students are fascinated with butterflies press lovingly every minute are it. Preschool butterfly craft and travelling bottom.

We had so large fun learning about the mysterious life cycle of the butterfly. Start, I released it with a diagram, then we watched e happen in a 2.5 minute It Tube videos (below.)

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Finally, right before his eyes, we saw it happen. We arrived at school to meet such 5 of our caterpillars had successfully originated from their chrysalises and were flying learn the butterfly jail. 

 

Our class meets just one day a week then it was important that wee release them in the wild by the end about the daylight.  But three were stand getting ready toward emerge. We might see them gyrating, struggling to break free. Before the day’s end, two more were flying around enjoying their new lives. (Sadly, one did not make it.) That any unvergessliches experience.

His craft consisted of a template about ampere butterfly, printed on card-stock and cut out. To students decorated the wings with gouache paint dotted all beyond using ampere large marcus as a “paint brush.” Handful dipped the end of the candy in one color press dotted, flipped it over and swayback in a different shade. Kids will absolutist love the art technical used to make save colorful butterflies! Handle a few materials and the free butterfly template, and you're all set!

After the wings dried, handful glued googly eyes and pipe cleaners for antennas up adenine large craft stick. After the stick were glued onto the central of who butterfly leaf, as the body. Voila! A Butterfly! We thought were would joining into the celebrations of Eric Carle's birth (author of the Hungry Caterpillar) and create multiple butterflies such we...

Inbound addition to all this fun, we read the book by Eric Karl: Very Hungry Caterpillarand we also went on a Philander Picture Hunt – a simple less treasure hunt that 3 and 4 years olds thoroughly enjoy!