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Caterpillar to Butterfly

Week 1

This section has a planned schedule for your week 1 “Caterpillar to Butterfly” theme. All sheets are in ordered and label for each day the sheets can be used. Print up the number of sheets you need each day. Worksheets are theme related and also include the letter B, number 1, shape circle and color blue. Print up sheets on regular copy paper. For better durability, you can use card stock. Use your imagination when doing worksheets – use markers, colored pencils, paint, paint daubers, etc.

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If Caterpillar to Butterfly is your first disk you have purchased from 1 - 2 - 3 Learn Curriculum, please print up the following letter to hand out to parents. This will let them know of the new curriculum you’re using in your child care / preschool.

~Where playing is learning~

Dear Parents, We are using a new preschool program this year called 1 – 2 – 3 Learn Curriculum. Each week will be weekly, bi-weekly or monthly theme. Themes that your children will enjoy like: Down on the Farm, Winter Wonderland, Under the Sea and the current theme we’re working on now. Caterpillar to Butterflies. Some of these projects will be taken home to share with you and others will be group activities that you can ask about. I think that both you and your child will enjoy this new program as much as I will. Please make sure you spend time looking at what your children do each week. They are so proud of what they do! Thanks

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What is 1 – 2 – 3 Learn Curriculum? 1 – 2 – 3 Learn Curriculum is a professionally planned preschool curriculum designed to be used in both family child care homes and centers. This program offers the ease of printing up each day what you need, and saving on waste. Money saving, this disk can be used over year after year. What are the goals of 1 – 2 – 3 Learn Curriculum? 1 – 2 – 3 Learn Curriculum was developed by a child care provider of 23 years. The activities included are age appropriate and designed to help the whole child grow, and develop socially, physically and intellectually. Our program will help prepare each child for kindergarten, while opening the door for the children to be creative and express their artistic abilities. Numbers, letters, shapes and colors are introduced with each disk.



Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sign Language

All Week I’m Done - More

Goal Communicating at meal time / language skills

Structured Free Play

Stacking Cups Goals

Building and knocking over

towers

Baby Faces

Goals Finding eyes, nose

and mouth

Sensory Jell-O Play

Goals

Explore texture and smell

Hide & Seek .

Goals Building trust with care giver – Sense of independence.

What’s in the Box?

Goals Fine motor

development / problem solving

Games and Manipulates

Play Peek a Boo Butterfly Catch

Pat a Cake

Exploration

Point out to infant all the butterflies you can find around the room. (Make sure you have the toddlers and preschoolers paint or color butterflies to hang from the ceiling). Point out different colors of the butterflies. Let the infant play with a roll of toilet paper or box of tissues. Watch closely so they don’t go straight to their mouth. Let them explore the feel. Throw pieces in the air and watch them float down.

Music, Movement

Story Time

Read the book “Good Night Sweet Butterfly” Sing Good Morning Song

Butterfly Wings Poem Flying Butterfly – Movement

Baby Goes Up

1 - 2 – 3 Learn Curriculum Infant Lesson Plan

Theme: Butterflies _____________________ Book: Good Night, Sweet Butterfly by Dawn Bentley Date: ______________________________________

Butterfly Catch

Use a sheet of tissue paper (or toilet paper) and flutter it in front

of child, inviting them to try to "catch the butterfly" with their hands. Be sure to allow child to "catch" the paper a few times!

Enjoy some music whiling playing with dancing scarves.

Pat A Cake

Pat a cake, Pat a cake Baker's Man, (Clap babies hands together)

Bake me a cake as fast as you can Roll it and Roll it and mark it with a B

(Roll baby’s hands around each other) Toss it in the arm for baby and me!

(Take babies hands and lift them in the air) (Take babies hands and then rub tummy and say

yum yum yum!)

Butterfly Wings

Butterfly wings go fluttering by, Down to the flowers and up to the sky,

Butterfly wings tickle your toes, (tickle baby's toes)

Butterfly wings land right on your nose. (tickle nose with fingertips)

Flying Butterfly

Cut out a butterfly from construction paper and fly your butterfly around to cheery music (or help your child fly the butterfly around). Repeat the

phrase "butterfly flutters in the sky!"

Baby Go Up (tune to Loop D' Loo)

Up in the air to right, (raise baby’s hands) Up in the air to left, (raise baby’s hands)

Wiggle baby up like this, (Wiggle hands gently) And now give a butterfly kiss!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sign Language

All Week I’m Done - More

Goal Communicating at meal time / language skills

Structured Free Play

Blocks Goals

Building and knocking over

towers

Sorting Toys

Goals Motor development Placing shapes into

the correct hole

Sensory Jell-O Play

Goals

Explore texture and smell

Hide & Seek .

Goals Building trust with care giver – Sense of independence.

What’s in the Box?

Goals Fine motor

development / problem solving

Games and Manipulates

Butterfly Catch

Butterfly Concepts: High and Low

Exploration

Point out to toddler all the butterflies you can find around the room. (Make sure you have some hanging around the room and assorted butterfly items to make it fun for them to find). Point out colors of the butterflies. Ask them if they can find a certain color butterfly. Let the toddler play with a roll of toilet paper or box of tissues. Watch closely so they don’t go straight to their mouth. Let them explore the feel. Have them throw pieces in the air and watch them float down.

Music, Movement

Story Time

Read the book “Good Night Sweet Butterfly” Sing Good Morning Song

Color Butterflies Poem Take out instruments and play music.

1 - 2 – 3 Learn Curriculum Toddler Lesson Plan

Theme: Butterflies _____________________ Book: Good Night, Sweet Butterfly by Dawn Bentley Date: ______________________________________

Butterfly Concepts

By playing with cardboard butterflies, children will learn the concepts of High and Low. This will also incorporate music, gym, listening skills, and art.

Goals Children will understand the concepts of high and low. Children will learn to move to music in a way that emulates butterflies Children will learn to appreciate the beauty of butterflies.

1. Read the children a book about butterflies. At the end, review some of the pictures, pointing out the beautiful colors of the butterflies. Also notice that they fly close to the ground sometimes, and high in the air other times. 2. Hold your butterfly up and show the children how it “flies.” As you move the butterfly say, “My butterfly can fly very high. It can fly very low.” Demonstrate. 3. Give each child a butterfly to color. 4. Have the children return to the lesson area by helping their butterflies fly to the lesson area. 5. Help the children practice high and low by following your example with their own butterflies. Say, “Make your butterfly go high. Now make him go low. High. Low.” Continue for a few minutes until the children understand. 6. Explain to the children that you are going to play butterfly music. They may help their butterflies dance to the music, but they must stop as soon as the music stops. 7. After the children have danced for a few minutes, stop the music. Tell them you are going to play the music more softly, and they must listen to both you and the music. You’ll call out high or low, and they must fly their butterflies high or low, whichever you call out. Practice without the music for a minute. Then turn on the music softly and play the game. 8. When the children are ready to stop, you can help them turn their butterflies into necklaces if you like, by punching a hole in the top and putting yarn through it.

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Color Butterflies

The first to come to the garden bed,

Is a lovely butterfly of brilliant red.

Then in comes another and that makes two,

Fly right in, my friend of blue.

“The garden is fine, the best I’ve ever seen.”

Says the butterfly of spring time green.

Our garden needs a sunshiny fellow,

Fly in butterfly with wings of yellow.

Orange, orange you’ve waited so long,

Fly right in where you belong.

Butterflies, butterflies your such a sight,

Flying in together – a springtime delight.

Butterflies for “Color Butterflies” Use the following color butterflies for the “Color Butterfly” poem. Print up on white card stock. Trim, laminate if desired. Depending on how many children you have in your child care / class, print up enough so everyone gets one butterfly. Read the poem, and as you come to a color, have the child/ren holding the red butterfly raise it in the air and wave it. Raise butterflies with each color of the poem and wave.

Color Format Print up on white card stock.

B & W Format Print up on white card stock. Color each butterfly a color. This will save on ink.

red

green

blue

yellow

orange

Lesson Plan for Preschoolers is done using the book – The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. You can use the same concept and ideas with a different book. The Very Hungry Caterpillar was used because it is a popular children’s book, and most child care providers have this in their library. ☺

Thanks Jean

Preschool Lesson Plan – The Very Hungry Caterpillar – Letters of the Week B & C

something they

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Vocabulary

Caterpillar, butterfly, hungry, egg, leaf, moon, sun, apple, pears, plums, strawberries, cake, ice cream cone, pickle, Swiss cheese, salami, lollipop, cherry pie, cupcake, watermelon, stomachache, beautiful.

Community Circle

Greeting

Daily Message

Read Aloud

Interactive Writing

Shared Reading

Music & Poetry

Good Morning Song Good morning boys and girls. Today is . Today we’re going to learn about Caterpillars and Butterflies.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

On Friday let one of the children read the book to the group.

Small Group

Butterfly Book – Read together, Phonemic Awareness – I Spy something that rhymes with…. Writing- Practice writing words in the book “Life Cycle of a Butterfly”. Color.

Butterfly Book – Read together, Phonemic Awareness – I Spy something that rhymes with…. Writing– Using whiteboard have children write an easy word from NR.

Butterfly Book – Read together, Phonemic Awareness – I Spy something that rhymes with…. Writing– Using magnetic letters play unscramble words using words from “”Life Cycle of a Butterfly”

Butterfly Book – Read it. Give pointer to child and let him lead the reading. Phonemic Awareness – I Spy something that rhymes with…. Writing– Using magnetic letters give children their names. Have them unscrambled their names.

Butterfly Book – Read together, Phonemic Awareness – I Spy something that rhymes with…. Writing- Practice writing words in the book “Life Cycle of a Butterfly”. Color. Send book home with children today.

Regroup to Revisit Focus

Have kids share something they did/read/made in AL.




Have kids share

did/read/made in AL.

AL = Active Learning

Active Learning: (Activity and Literacy Props)

Dramatic Play – Have butterfly nets and play butterfly’s set out. Locate a life cycle of the butterfly puzzle or toy for a visual for the children. Do a butterfly puppet show. Print up butterfly pictures, tape to a stir paint stick. Get together fake plants, green tablecloth, table or puppet stage. Have children put on a butterfly puppet show.

Art – Play with play dough. Make butterfly shapes.

Read/Listen –

Writing – Sort magnetic letter into baggies with names of different butterflies (pictures). Have children practice writing names with magnets or using white eraser boards.

Science/Sensory – Set up sand table area with butterflies, plastic flowers, some assorted leaves. Butterfly hunt.

Blocks – Alphabet blocks with vocabulary words nearby to spell with blocks.

Family / Home Connection Send home letter to parents explaining theme of the week and send home a copy of vocabulary words so that parents can help their child write words on their dry eraser board. Send copy of Life Cycle of a Butterfly book so parents can read with their child.

TO DO List: Make: Print up Life Cycle of a Butterfly book/put together.

Buy: Plastic butterflies, Life Cycle of a Butterfly puzzle or book. Play dough to make butterflies.

Gather: Blocks and vocabulary words.

Other: Plan Active Learning activities.

Theme Worksheets

Letter B

Number

1

Shape Circle

Color Blue

Monday

Butterfly Book -

Work on during the week.

Introduce the letter B

Introduce color blue

Tuesday

* Butterfly color

sheet

B is for Butterfly

Worksheet

1 Caterpillar Worksheet

Introduce the shape Circle worksheet

Wednesday

Draw a Line to the Matching Picture

Pictures that Begin

with the Letter B

1 Hungry Caterpillar

Worksheet

Blue Balloon Worksheet

Thursday

Color – cut out

pictures – glue in matching row

Cut and paste 1

caterpillar

Cut out Circle

Glue blue tissue

paper to circle under circle project. Cut

out

Friday

Caterpillar to

Butterfly Lacing Card

Color the ball blue.

Trace word

Color the circles

* Start Color Blue

Book


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Week 1 Large Group Activities

* Save the Butterfly color sheet and Color Blue Book. Add more pages during the month to create 2 separate books. Have children bring home at the end of this theme

Weekly Planner

Week of: _____________________________________

Materials Needed:

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Circle time:


Advance Preparation

• Locate the book you would like to use for the week

during circle time. Theme related and something age appropriate. You can check the book list included with this theme.

• Stick with one book for the week. • Ahead of time print up the wall charts for the letter B,

color blue, number 2, and the shape circle. Decide if you’re going to use color or B & W. If using B & W, color them ahead of time. Hang the wall charts in the playroom or around your circle area.

• Purchase any necessary ingredients for cooking or

snack activities you wish to do during the week. • Print up worksheets you will need for the day. • Make sure to have all craft materials on hand for any

projects you will be doing this week. .


Book List Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom Deluise Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison My, Oh My--A Butterfly!: All About Butterflies by Tish Rabe Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards Henry Cole Caterpillar Spring, Butterfly Summer by Susan Hood (Author), Claudine Gvry (Author) Good Night, Sweet Butterflies: A Color Dreamland by Dawn Bentley How to Hide a Butterfly and Other Insects by Ruth Heller Caterpillar to Butterfly: A Colorful Adventure by Sally Symes, Sharon Harmer The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Hardcover)

by Eric Carle Caterpillars, Bugs & Butterflies (Take Along Guide)by Mel Boring Wings of Change (Hardcover) by Franklin Hill

Large Wall Flashcards

The color blue, shape circle, numbers 1 & 2, and letters B & C are available in both color and B & W. These can be printed on white card stock, laminated and hung up during “Caterpillar to Butterfly. You can also use the B & W sheets as extra worksheets for the children. Print the worksheets up on regular copy paper.



Blue


Butterfly


Caterpillar

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1


2


Blue


Butterfly


Caterpillar

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1


2


Monday

Circle Time

• Welcome each child – talk about today’s activities. Encourage children to share anything new. Do Good Morning song.

• Talk about Caterpillars and Butterflies. Let the children

know that is what the theme is for the week. Ask the children what they know about caterpillars. What do caterpillars turn into?

• Introduce the letter of the week:

Letter Chant:

Letters, letters, Letters have names. What is the name of this letter?

• On a small dry eraser board, write down the letter B. Ask

the children to tell you the letter, and ask them if it is a upper case or a lower case B. Once they tell you the letter, erase it, and write it small in the upper right hand corner. Ask them to give you words that start with the letter B. Sound them out so they hear the B sound. Draw the picture. (You don’t have to be an artist; the children enjoy your effort).

• If you do “jobs” during circle time, you can do those now.

(Examples: What’s the weather outside? What is today’s day? Calendar)

•


Monday

Circle Time – cont.

• Have a large dry eraser board or large sheet of paper. Have the children do an interactive morning message. Until the children get use to this, you say and write it each day. A good example is:

Daily Message:

Good morning boys and girls. Today is ____________. Today we’re learning about caterpillars and butterflies. Love (your name) Once the children get use to interactive writing, you can ask them to help you write the message. Ask them what you should write. If they say Good morning, ask them what does Good start what, and let a child come up and write the letter G. As the child is writing the G, on your smaller dry eraser board, show the children and have them practice writing G on the floor or in the air. Have the children write several letters, and then together using a pointer stick read the daily message together. Count together how many letters they wrote. (Use 2 different color dry eraser markers. One color for the children and one color for your writing so they have a visual of the letters they wrote).


Monday

Circle Time – cont.

• Have children stand up and stretch before you start reading the story book you have chosen for the week.

Stretching Poem

Reach up high – to the sky (Reach to the ceiling) Reach down low – to the floor (Reach to the floor)

Stand up straight and lets all wiggle…. Wiggle your fingers and wiggle your toes Wiggle your head and wiggle your nose. Wiggle your arms and legs and feet….

Turn around and sit right down.

• Once children are seated, get ready to read the story. Read the title, author and illustrator. While reading the story, ask opened ended questions about the story. Encourage questions about the story, but direct children back to the book if their questions are not related to story. When story is done, circle time is done.

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Good Morning Song

Good morning, good morning, It’s ______________ today. I'm ready for work – Are you ready for play? Are you ready to play? The duck goes quack quack! The cow goes moo, and old Mr Rooster says cock a doodle doo! The sheep says baa, and the cat says meow, and I say good morning when I see you!! Good morning friends!

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Monday

My Butterfly Book Print up ahead of time, and trim down. Put in order and staple on the left hand side creating a book. Before you work on this book, read a story during circle time about how caterpillars turn into butterflies. Have the children work on their book during the week.

My Butterfly Book

By

_______________________

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Butterfly eggs come in many shapes and colors.

Caterpillar

The caterpillar is a long – worm like stage of the butterfly.

A covering of silky strands spun by a caterpillar and inhabited for protection during its pupal stage.

Cocoon

Butterfly

The butterfly is what merges out of the cocoon.

Draw your own colorful butterfly.

Name __________________

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Trace the letter with your finger. Color

Practice writing the letter “B”

Name __________________________

Color

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Tuesday

Butterfly Sheet

Print up ahead of time, and trim down. Have the children color. Save this sheet because you will be adding pages to this sheet to make a butterfly information book at the end of this theme.

Name ____________________

Butterflies are among the most beautiful insects in the world.


Name __________________


Name

1

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Name ___________________



Wednesday

Name ____________________ Draw a line to the matching picture - Color


Name ____________________

All these pictures begin with the “B b”

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Name ___________________

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1 Hungry Caterpillar Draw food for the caterpillar to eat.


Blue


Thursday

Name _________________________

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Color - cut out the pictures below and glue them in the matching row.

Name

I Can Cut and Paste 1 Caterpillar Count the caterpillars. Color - cut out and paste 1 caterpillar on the leaf.

Glue the other caterpillars to the back of this sheet.


Print out on white card stock. Cut the sheet and give each child a circle. Have the children color. Cut out. (Scissor skills)


Circle

Circle


Friday

Lacing Cards

Children love lacing cards. You have the option of printing up color or b & w cards to color yourself and keep with your “Caterpillar to Butterfly” theme. You can print up the color lacing cards, cut out – leaving about ½ an inch border, laminate, and punch holes around the card using a hole punch. Give the children lacing strings, yarn or shoe laces to lace the cards. The b & w set can also be used as an additional craft for the children. Give each child one of the cards, have them color and cut out. Have an adult punch holes, and they can lace using the above options of string. Lacing strings can be purchased though http://www.discountschoolsupply.com/


Finished Picture Lace-Up Cards. Print up on white card stock, trim leaving ½ inch border. Laminate the colored lace-up card and punch holes. Let the children lace up using yarn or shoe laces. You can also use B & W lace up card as an addition craft. Give each child one card.

Name __________________

Color the ball blue


Trace.

Name __________________

Color the circles


My Color Blue Book

Print up on white card stock. Let children color and trim. Save this sheet, because you will be adding pages to this sheet to make a “My Color Blue” book at the end of this theme. You will attach all the pages together when done with a round key ring, piece of yarn, bread twist.

Blue Dinosaur

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My Book Of

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