Thursday, August 30, 2012

B IS FOR BUTTERFLY (LEARN + LINK)


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This week I reviewed the letter "B" with my 3 year old daughter. Practiced the letter sound and did butterfly related fun activities.
 
 I printed this page out on Confessions of a Homeschooler and gave my daughter these chips to trace the letter.
 She did a Tanogram butterfly
 We briefly went over the life cycle of a butterfly, she cut out the stages and then glued them in the order of the life cycle.
I am using Bugs and Bunny Science Curriculum for her to do fun Science activities.
 
and then we did this craft....

materials needed:
1 paper plate
2 googly eyes
finger paint
glue
scissors
wide Popsicle stick
long pipe cleaner bent in 1/2


Cut the paper plate in 1/2 using a curvy pattern, staple the 1/2's of the paper plates right sides together leaving the curvy portion on the outside

Then finger paint, I dropped some red and blue drops on both sides for her to paint, she wanted purple so it gave me an opportunity to teach her what 2 colors made purple.


The painted the Popsicle stick


Then stapled the pipe cleaner, glued the Popsicle stick over the center of the wings (over the staples) then she glued on the googly eyes!





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Shibley Smiles



 

12 comments:

  1. I love that paper plate butterfly. Too cute!

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  2. Looks like she had a blast learning and crafting. I miss my teaching days, and when my babies were little. I do all the fun stuff with my grand kids now. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. I love the see through dots to make letter! Great idea!

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  4. What a wonderful butterfly! This whole unit looks like fun. Thank you for linking to Read.Explore.Learn.

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  5. you have such great ideas and learning lessons!

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  6. I love the art project, such a cute idea!

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  7. That butterfly is ADORABLE! I love it! I can totally seeing my kids loving this activity! Thank you! I am always lacking on creative ideas for learning activities.

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  8. I love crafting with the kids. Great project ideas :)

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  9. That is SO cool Nicole! I love reading our posts for Cat. Mugsy is the same age and I want to copy everything you do!
    Tiffany

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  10. Im loving the butterfly made with the paper plates & etc! Thats a great craft for preschooler through at least 2nd grade! I love it!

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  11. Great ideas for B! We don't get to B with My Father's World for quite a while, but butterfly is the unit for B. I will just have to pin these ideas. I love the paper plate butterfly.
    Thanks for the linky. I linked up my Kids and a Mom in the Kitchen from this week. I will be back to link up our week in review as soon as I have a chance to post it.
    Blessings

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  12. Looks like so much fun! Can you post printables as well as activities?

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Nicole, the mama behind the Mama to 5 Blessings blog, is a mom to 5 children. Three boys: ages 8 years, 5 years, 2 years, a daughter 4 years and a new baby girl born April 19th 2013. She has been married to her husband Fritz for 11 years. Here at Mama to 5 Blessings you will find quite a variety of topics: recipes, crafts for moms and children, homeschooling, parenting, reviews and giveaways, thrifty tips and much more! Mama to 5 Blessings can also be found on Twitter @mamato3blessing, Facebook and Pinterest.