Do you want to know what we have been learning in Nov? We learned that it has six legs, wings, antennaes, head, thorax and abdomen? Yes! Insects! There are millions of insects in this earth but we chose butterfly as our topic. Children love them because they are colourful. We began our butterfly topic by reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle which the children love very much. It illustrates the life cycle of a butterfly.
We prepared a butterfly nursery and raised the caterpillars. Children observed and noted the progress from caterpillar to butterfly every day. Unfortunately only 1 out 3 formed into a butterfly. Today we set the butterfly free. The children kept asking why we let the butterfly go. We explained to them that the butterfly needs to continue its life cycle from egg to adult buttefly again. We had fun as we learned other insects too. This is such a fun theme, as there is a lot of exploring and discussing.
Activities done -
Language – The Very Hungry Caterpillar story sequencing cards, learned the name of body parts – head, thorax and abdomen.
Math – We used different colours of craft pom poms (our pretend fuzzy bugs) and sorted them into different sized containers.
Science – Observed the life cycle of a butterfly - You could easily get these caterpillars from Penang Butterfly Farm.
Snack – We ate caterpillars!! We used bananas for the caterpillar body.
Arts and Crafts – We made caterpillars from egg cartons. We add wiggle eyes and pipe cleaner pieces for the antennae and legs.
Dramatic Play – We went to Botanical Garden on 14th Nov for a picnic.
Songs – The Fuzzy Caterpillar and I’m a Butterfly
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