Metamorphosis

This morning we talked about the calendar and practiced skip counting. We focused on the letter H today. The kids brainstormed words that start with the /h/ sound...happy, hot, hug, heart, house and head.

Ms. Michelle was here today. The kids were very excited to see her and hear she was feeling better. We started with an obstacle course. They crawled through the long blue tunnel, climbed over the pillows, across the bump steps and over the big tire. Then the kids worked in the sensory tube. They searched for "candles" to complete their birthday cakes. We also connected different shapes to make necklaces and trains.

Our story was "The Crunching Munching Caterpillar" by Sheridan Cain. Hungry Caterpillar crunches and munches his way through the leaves, while his friends Bumblebee, Sparrow and Butterfly are flying high in the sky soaring and swooping. Caterpillar wishes for nothing more than to fly! Butterfly has a secret and encourages Caterpillar to take a nap. After his long, deep sleep through the winter and his dreams of soaring in the blue sky above the trees and drifting toward the sun, Caterpillar awakens to find that his dreams have come true! After reading the story we outlined the life cycle of a butterfly. A butterfly starts as an egg, grows to be a caterpillar, then make a chrysalis and finally turns into a butterfly.

The kids practiced the metamorphosis. The acted out each stage of the butterfly life cycle. We also practiced saying metamorphosis..since it is such a big word!

For art today we made a caterpillar that could turn into a butterfly. First we used a clothes pin and glued pom pom to make the caterpillars body. Next we added two eyes to the caterpillar. Finally we decorated butterfly wings to be bright and sparkly. When the caterpillar crawls into a chrysalis it becomes a butterfly!

Next week will we learn all about bugs that fly....bees, lady bugs, and flies!