Butterfly Theme!!!?

Question

I am a ECE student and for one of my classes I have to do a Theme Unit where in if i was to teach to my class on a certain theme this is how I would do it i have to come up with books, songs, art activites, lesson plans and etc to teach my students about a certain theme. The theme I choosen was Butterflies i have been on alot of websites and i have gathered alot of information to help me with this theme. If anyone who has taught a theme on butterflies can you give me some ideas and activites you did to teach this theme

Answer 1

to tag along to Maria B's answer...you can make sunbeam catchers in the shapes and colors of your choice.  Draw/stencil butterfly shape onto white poster board...outline sections to hole-punch out (small motor)...use colored tissue paper scraps to cover cut/punched out sections, glue well, let dry.  

Attach twisted pipe-cleaner antennae to "head", use thin thread, yarn, paperclips or fishing line to hang.  Suspend all in windows of classroom to see the Butterflies dance.  

Imagine how bright their mornings will be when the sunlight reflects in their own room!

You can also use same technique for "fishing" summer game (we added small magnets for 'catching' (count how many caught) or

"bobbing" for apples/pumpkins in sept/oct, turkeys in nov. and candles or ornaments in dec; snowflakes, stars, hearts, sunshines. pots o'gold, kites, easter eggs/baskets, school buses (windows) mosaics, and so on and so on....

Answer 2

GAME: Caterpillars and Butteflies

Game: Caterpillars and Butterflies

Materials: A circular mat to sit round, a

large model butterfly suitable for the children to hold.

Description: Sit together in a circle and recite and act out the poem Fuzzy Wuzzy Caterpillar. At the end choose one person to get up and fly round the circle holding the butterfly model.

Fuzzy wuzzy, creepy crawly  

Caterpillar funny,  

You will be a butterfly  

When the days are sunny.  

Winging, flinging, dancing, springing  

Butterfly so yellow,  

You were once a caterpillar,  

Wiggly, wiggly fellow

Little fuzzy caterpillar  

In your warm cocoon  

The cold winter's over and you'll be hatching soon.  

Then you'll spread your wings  

On a warm summer's day  

And wave us all good bye  

As you fly, fly away.

Answer 3

maybe you should teach them about what their lifetime is.. and how they grow... what they eat.. what enviornment they live in...how to grow one yourself.. AND JUST FACTS!!

Answer 4

The Hungry Caterpillar is a good book, you could pair that with retelling and maybe a game or interactive bulletin board.  Teach the kids each stage from caterpillar to butterfly.  Get a Live Butterfly Pavillion so they can see each stage and watch the caterpillars become butterflies.  You can order the caterpillars online (you may have to time this right).  You could teach symmetry with art- fold paper, then unfold, make half of the butterfly with paint, then fold the paper again to get the same paint design on the other half of the paper.  Or give them a black outline of the butterfly and have them glue geometric shapes on each side.  You could give them a diagram of a butterfly and have them match the labels to each part.  Depending on how long you have for the project, you may want to dedicate one day to each stage of the butterfly's development.