Caterpillars

Today the title of our read aloud was Ten Little Caterpillars by Bill marten Jr.  This book incorporated ordinal numbers, rhyming words, and different species of caterpillars.  One of our favorite caterpillars was the woolly bear.  This black and orange caterpillar can be found fairly easily in your yard.  It turns into an Isabella Tiger Moth.

One of our centers today had the children make a caterpillar.  They used a clothespin, wiggly eyes, and pom poms to make it.  When it was finished they placed it in a brown lunch bag(the chrysalis).  We then hung the chrysalises from the hooks in our ceiling.  The caterpillars will now rest as they go through metamorphosis.

At an independent center the children listened to the story Waiting For Wings by Lois Ehlert.  This book  follows the life cycle of four common butterflies, from their beginnings as tiny hidden eggs and hungry caterpillars to their transformation into full-grown butterflies.  When the children finished reading the story they drew a picture of their favorite part of the book.  They then dictated a sentence to go with their picture.