The Very Hungry Caterpillar Activities

Posted by Nicole Carney on May 31, 2013 in Bugs, Caterpillars and Butterflies, Literacy Activities, Motor Skills, paint printing, Painting, Picture Book Activities, Science Activities, Spring Crafts and Activities | 0 comments

Since our caterpillars arrived a week ago, they’ve been very busy eating and growing. It won’t be long now until they spin their chrysalis’ and transform into lovely Painted Lady butterflies!

Caterpillar Songs and Poems

Posted by Nicole Carney on May 28, 2013 in Bugs, Caterpillars and Butterflies, Science Activities | 0 comments

Here are some cute caterpillar songs and poems I’ve been teaching my bugs while we’ve been observing and learning about our caterpillars.

Caterpillar Poetry

Posted by Nicole Carney on May 28, 2013 in Bugs, Caterpillars and Butterflies, Literacy Activities, Motor Skills, Science Activities, Spring Crafts and Activities | 1 comment

Meeting Our Caterpillars

Our caterpillars arrived almost a week ago and the boys were VERY excited to meet them! Cousin O was over when they were delivered so he also got to observe the tiny, fuzzy, critters.

A Color of His Own (Camouflage Art)

Posted by Nicole Carney on May 24, 2013 in Literacy Activities, paint printing, Painting, Picture Book Activities | 0 comments

M was so excited to wake up and find his cousin O here yesterday morning! It was a dreary, rainy sort of day (much like today) and I knew the boys would need something to keep them occupied after exhausting the majority of toys in the house. Being a teacher, and a lover of literature, my immediate impulse was to find a picture book and create an activity around it. M and I have been talking a bit about camouflage lately, and how it helps keep animals safe from predators, so when I spotted Leo Lionni’s A Color of His Own, I knew it would be the perfect book to devise a quick, hands-on lesson around.