Week 6
Things that fly - butterflies!
Butterflies go through many stages:
egg
caterpillar
chrysalis
adult
Joke of the Week
Where do butterflies sleep?
On a catterpillow!
What is a caterpillar afraid of?
A dogerpillar!
Let's read!
See Story Time core board on Family Resources page
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By Eric Carl
Asking when questions: (examples)
when did the sun come up?
when did the caterpillar eat an apple?
when did the caterpillar stop eating? (after...)
when did the caterpillar become a butterfly? (after...)
The Butterfly
by Anna Milbourne and Cathy SkimmenRetelling a story: we need to tell the following things
who - characters
when - time
where - place
what happened - first, next, last
Lets make something
See Crafts core board on Family Resources page
Caterpillar Kabob
You will need:
Directions:
remove grapes from stems
put 6 or 7 grapes on each skewer
dab peanut butter for eyes
put on chocolate chip eyes
eat!
Caterpillar Life Cycle
What you need:
paper plate
dried noodles
dried beans
life cycle labels
twig
leaves
writing utensil
What to do:
Draw 2 lines to make 4 sections
Eggs
write "Eggs"
glue leaf and 3 beans
Caterpillar
write "caterpillar"
glue leaf and pasta rotini
Chrysalis
write "chrysalis"
glue stick and pasta shell
Butterfly
write "butterfly"
glue bow tie pasta and draw antenna
Fruit Loop Rainbow
What you need:
Container to sort 6 colors into
pipe cleaner
fruit loop cereal
Directions:
sort colors into containers
put 1 loop on pipe cleaner at a time
Tell about what you have on your string:
I have ___ (colors, numbers, loops)
Tell about what you see using the sentence stem:
I see ____ (circles, eyes, feet, picture, caterpillar)
Yoga for kids
STEM Project
Paper Tube Marble Run
You will need:
11 Toilet paper rolls
Cardboard base
Tape
Paint
Glue
Marbles / Pom Poms
Directions:
Step 1 - Make towers
Tape 3 tubes together on top of each other
Step 2 - Make chutes
Cut three rolls in half lengthwise
Tape them in pairs end to end
Step 3 - Make rests for chutes
Cut holes in the towers for the chutes to rest in.
Step 4 - Glue together
Glue towers to the base close enough to support the chutes.