I am so happy with how our first major project for raising butterflies turned out! We created an area in our house where we could become scientists, exploring the shape, size and texture of the coolest larva around 🙂 I decided since we were going to be closely observing our new caterpillars (that we ordered from Insect Lore) we might as well have an area to work on projects and report our findings. We set up a Butterfly Observation Station
(and the name rhymes which is always exciting to a 3 year old)!
The area includes his jar of caterpillars and a magnifying glass,
a ruler for measuring the growth of the caterpillars,
and a butterfly observation journal found for free on Teachers pay Teachers.
In the book are pages for daily observations. We will be looking at how big they are by measuring them with a ruler, what color they are, what their texture is and if there are any other noticeable changes within the habitat. There is also space for Mack to cut out a picture of the stage of the life cycle and glue it to the page. He loves cutting and gluing so this makes for added fun and practice with these skills.
We will also be reading some books on the butterfly life cycle including The Very Hungry Caterpillar, From Caterpillar to Butterfly, and The Life Cycle of a Butterfly.
There are also some great printables and a song that we have included as well. We can’t wait to watch them grow and become chrysalides!
And of course there’s Ava who wasn’t far behind doing a little exploring of her own!
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