2/3 Class Schedule: Caterpillars and Butterflies

Theme:  Caterpillars and Butterflies

Monday:

Literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Art: Butterfly Handprints
Math: Butterfly Matching

Tuesday:

Literature: From Caterpillar to Butterfly
Art: Life Cycle Butterfly
Math: Color Dice Game

Wednesday:

Literature: Waiting for Wings
Art: Butterfly Symmetry (Painting)
Math: Butterfly and Caterpillar Counting Game

Thursday:

Literature: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Art: Very Hungry Caterpillar Book
Math: Butterfly and Caterpillar Counting Game

Friday:

Literature: Clara Caterpillar
Art: Clothespin Caterpillar/Butterfly
Math: Color Dice Game
 

All Week

Science:
Caterpillar Life Cycle

Dramatic Play:

Very Hungry Caterpillar Dress Up

Fine Motor:

Bug Matching
What’s Hiding in the Grass?
“Don’t Cut the Caterpillar ” (cutting practice)
Playdough and Straws

Movement:
Butterfly Match
Bubble Bee Dance

Music:

The Fuzzy Caterpillar
Tune: Itsy Bitsy Spider

The fuzzy caterpillar
Curled up on a leaf,
Spun her little chrysalis
And then fell fast asleep.
While she was sleeping
She dreamed that she could fly,
And later when she woke up
She was a butterfly!
 

Caterpillar/Butterfly Scarf Dance

Tune: Wheels on the Bus

The caterpillars are wriggling around,
wriggling around,
wriggling around.
The caterpillars are wriggling around,
all around the ground.

The caterpillars are building a cocoon,
building a cocoon,
building a cocoon.
The caterpillars are building a cocoon
all around the ground.

The butterflies are flying around,
flying around,
flying around.
The butterflies are flying around,
all around the ground.