Today's Classroom Activities :

Learning About Caterpillars

Let's learn about caterpillars! First step: read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (Philomel, 1981).

Next, make a paper caterpillar by connecting construction paper circles with brads. Write one fact about caterpillars on each circle.

Finally, discuss with your students how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly. Use tissue paper to make "stained glass" butterflies for the classroom window.

Read A Time and a Season by Debbie Locke and find out how this second grade teacher's butterfly project helped her students take flight.