Today the children are going to pretend they are an egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly
Purpose: To learn the process metamorphosis
Theme: Insects
Learning standard: Act out the stages of a butterfly first discussing metamorphosis
Motivational techniques: See below
Procedure: 1 Using your imagination you are an egg ( curl up into a small ball )
2. Using your imagination you are now a caterpillar ( crawl around and eat eat eat!)
Put snacks all over the floor and eat them!!
3. You are now a chrysalis get in your sleeping bag and take a nap
4 when you come out of the sleeping bag you are now a butterfly!!!!! With beautiful
Wings ( flapping your arms fly around the house )
Materials: Snacks for the caterpillar to eat, sleeping bag
Wrap up: What were you thinking about when you were in the sleeping bag.
Assessment: The children have learned the stages of a butterfly ( egg, caterpillar, chrysalis,
Butterfly )
Modifications: If you would rather draw the stages on paper that is fine too
Helpful Hints: If you don’t have a sleeping bag you may use a blanket.
Purpose: To learn the process metamorphosis
Theme: Insects
Learning standard: Act out the stages of a butterfly first discussing metamorphosis
Motivational techniques: See below
Procedure: 1 Using your imagination you are an egg ( curl up into a small ball )
2. Using your imagination you are now a caterpillar ( crawl around and eat eat eat!)
Put snacks all over the floor and eat them!!
3. You are now a chrysalis get in your sleeping bag and take a nap
4 when you come out of the sleeping bag you are now a butterfly!!!!! With beautiful
Wings ( flapping your arms fly around the house )
Materials: Snacks for the caterpillar to eat, sleeping bag
Wrap up: What were you thinking about when you were in the sleeping bag.
Assessment: The children have learned the stages of a butterfly ( egg, caterpillar, chrysalis,
Butterfly )
Modifications: If you would rather draw the stages on paper that is fine too
Helpful Hints: If you don’t have a sleeping bag you may use a blanket.