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Butterfly Unit Ideas for Young Kids

May 4, 2010 by Maureen Spell 7 Comments

Last week I had to sub. at for our local homeschool co-op preschool class on short notice. I picked a topic, planned crafts and printed print-outs all in one hour! (I wish I could plan like that all the time—I am usually the world’s slowest planner/gatherer/creator of homeschool materials).

1. First I prayed. Seriously—I needed something that would keep toddlers/preschoolers busy for a couple of hours or else it was going to be a really loooooooong day!

2. I looked around my book stash to see if I had at least two or more preschool age books on one topic.

3. Once a topic was established, I ran to my craft cabinet to see what we could make with what I had on hand. (This is where having a stocked craft closet comes in handy! Just the other day I had picked up a few odds and ends just in case and it turns out, it was exactly what I needed.)

4. Did a quick Google search for fill-in items, such as a coloring page and a printable book.

I have to admit that I was surprised that everything ran so smoothly and went great!

Here’s another link to free butterfly printables

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Filed Under: PreK-K, Preschool Science Tagged With: butterflies, toddler time

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  1. Ticia says

    May 4, 2010 at 8:56 am

    I love turning the caterpillar into a butterfly

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  2. Busy1 says

    May 4, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    I love the ideas! In fact, we were going to study caterpillars and butterflies next week in our school and this gives me some wonderful ideas!! Perfect timing from the Lord! I love that you got it published all professional-like on the squidoo site!! 🙂 You're so good at all of this…

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  3. Mozer says

    May 4, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    Thanks Ang! 🙂 Glad you could use some of the ideas.

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  4. Katie's Nesting Spot says

    May 5, 2010 at 2:06 pm

    Cute cute cute pom pom caterpillars! Love how you did caterpillars and then butterfly "afters".

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  5. Gretchen says

    April 7, 2015 at 11:38 am

    Maureen, I am very interested in your unit on butterflies and the related crafts. When I click on the link for Squidoo, I see that site no longer exits and I cannot access your unit. Could you please post a link where I can get this material? Thank you!

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    • Maureen Spell says

      April 8, 2015 at 9:47 am

      Gretchen, I need to reupload it since Squidoo is no longer in exists. Thanks for pointing out that I need to replace those links!

      Reply
    • Maureen Spell says

      April 8, 2015 at 9:56 am

      I do have some free butterfly printables here: https://spelloutloud.com/tots-k/butterfly-unit

      Reply

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