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Life Cycle of a Butterfly Printables to Use with Your Students

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life cycle of a butterfly printables for preschool and kindergarten

Use these life cycle of a butterfly printables with your next kindergarten or preschool butterfly theme. Teaching science in preschool and kindergarten is a blast! The kids are natural scientists, with so many amazing questions and observations. Their enthusiasm is contagious, and I always find myself getting excited about what they’re learning about. Hands-on scienceKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning, Science Tagged With: Butterflies, Free Printable, Insects, Spring

How to Make Butterfly Life Cycle Sensory Bottles for Preschool

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Butterfly life cycle sensory bottles for preschool and kindergarten

These sensory bottles for preschool are perfect as part of a butterfly theme, or when learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. You can grab the free printable labels at the bottom of this post. Do you have a preschool theme that you just love teaching in the spring? One of my favorites isKeep Reading

Filed Under: Sensory Tagged With: Butterflies, Free Printable, Insects, Sensory Bottles, Spring

Butterfly Life Cycle Printable Book for Preschool and Kindergarten

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Free Butterfly Life Cycle Printable Emergent Reader

I have been making some form of this butterfly life cycle printable book for over a decade now! It’s not something I use every year, of course, but it’s a staple for them I’m teaching about butterflies. Every time I’ve used it, my students enjoy the process of making it and reading it together. Of course, theKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Book Making, Butterflies, Free Printable, Insects, Spring

Butterfly Life Cycle Craft Necklace the Kids Can Make

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Make a butterfly life cycle craft necklace with the kids this spring

Preschoolers love learning about insects, and butterflies are often a favorite with my students. So I was inspired to share a classic butterfly life cycle craft with a little twist. Be sure to grab your free printable butterfly life cycle cards at the bottom of this post, too. Related: I Spy Insect Sensory Bottle FindKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: #playfulpreschool, #TeachECE, Butterflies, Free Printable, Insects

Name Activities with a Butterfly Craft

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butterfly names

It’s no secret that we do a ton of name activities in my preschool craft. Names are important to the kiddos, and learning their names is something every preschooler strives for. A child’s name can be used to teach so many early learning concepts, too. I created two fun activities for using a butterfly craft to teachKeep Reading

Filed Under: Literacy Tagged With: Butterflies, Insects, Names

21 Caterpillar and Butterfly Activities

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This week’s Share It Saturday features are all about caterpillar and butterfly activities for the kiddos! Some of the ideas I’ve already tried, with much success, while others are on my butterfly to-do list. Which activities would your children be the most interested in? activities that explore the life cycle of a butterfly Help kidsKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Learning Tagged With: Butterflies, Insects, Share It Saturday

Insects and Plants in the Preschool Science Center

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My students have been learning about insects and plants recently.  As usual, they’ve jumped right into it with tons of questions and observations!  Our preschool science center has seen a lot of activity during this time . . . even more than usual. Grab done-for-you insect theme and flower theme lesson plans for preschool OurKeep Reading

Filed Under: Early Childhood Classroom, Early Learning Tagged With: Butterflies, Centers, Flowers & Plants, Insects

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