Activity of the Week – Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Butterfly Life Cycle Cards (Photo from Spell Outloud)

Spring is a wonderful time to focus on the life cycle of a butterfly and to do caterpillar and butterfly activities. The photo is from a post Spell Outloud recently published with butterfly life cycle materials and related activities.

The post from Spell Outloud used the Montessori Print Shop toddler butterfly life cycle cards and book, but Montessori Print Shop has lovely butterfly materials that are appropriate for preschoolers through early elementary as well. Montessori Print Shop also has clear instructions for preparing and using 3-part cards and for preparing Montessori books.

Parts of a Butterfly Cards for Ages 6-9

Montessori Helper has free butterfly nomenclature cards for ages 6-9. You can download one free material each 30 days from Montessori Helper by registering at the site.

More Ideas for a Butterfly Unit

Be sure to check out Spell Outloud’s Squidoo Lens for an awesome butterfly unit with many ideas and links to butterfly rhymes and songs, books, crafts, games, and printables.

There’s a wonderful discussion in our Living Montessori Now Community with lots of caterpillar-butterfly ideas and posts that fit in perfectly with a butterfly unit. There’s even a caterpillar pizza! Please share your posts and ideas for a butterfly unit in our Living Montessori Now Community, too!

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