Continuing our look at BUGS, we devoted ourselves to caterpillars and butterflies this week.

We used our new paint dabbers to create colorful caterpillars with many body segments. 

 At group time, we read some great stories about the amazing change that happens to caterpillars.
We also learned a new vocabulary word for this event: metamorphosis.

We practiced drawing the letter "Cc" for Caterpiller and "Bb" for Butterfly.

Using beads and plastic lacing, we created "caterpillar" necklaces, with the beads representing the body segments.





It was tricky work to keep those beads from sliding back off sometimes, but the end result was lovely!

 Look at that LONG "caterpillar" necklace! That is a lot of work.

 Moving onto Butterflies, we used water color paint and coffee filters to create their delicate wings.










We created sets of symmetrical wings with paint after cutting out a large "B" shape.

 

The books that line our shelves are full of great illustrations and facts that help us to understand these wonderful creatures. 

Check out our book list on this blog!