Happy Thursday Everyone! Have a wonderful weekend!
A friend told me about granular gratitude, appreciating the small things. Can you think of something small in your life that you are grateful for? Tell someone in your family. I am grateful for having meals with my family and the sound of birds in the trees.
Engage
Do you remember the life cycle of a butterfly? It’s like magic! How does a caterpillar become a butterfly? Metamorphosis! Look at the pictures,
can you name all the different stages that a caterpillar goes through to become a butterfly?
![Description: MacBookAir:Users:henrik:Documents:Blogs:pictures:lifecycle_of_a_butterfly_av2.jpg](https://sproutsacademy.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/buttterfly-picture-lifecycle.png)
Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly
Explore
This is a video of a real caterpillar changing into a butterfly. Wow!
Butterfly Metamorphosis
Share
You can make a butterfly with rocks, or things that you find around the house.
![Description: MacBookAir:Users:henrik:Documents:Blogs:pictures:butterflycircles.png](https://sproutsacademy.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/butterflycircles.png)
You can draw a butterfly and use many colours to colour the wings.
![Description: MacBookAir:Users:henrik:Documents:Blogs:pictures:howtodrawbutterfly.png](https://sproutsacademy.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/howtodrawbutterfly.png)
![](https://sproutsacademy.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/thumbnail_IMG_9085-rotated.jpg)
You can fold a paper in half and create a butterfly with paint.
![Description: MacBookAir:Users:henrik:Documents:Blogs:pictures:paintbutterfly.png](https://sproutsacademy.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/paintbutterfly.png)
Extend
It is so hard to see a real butterfly up close because they move so fast! If you have a magnifying glass at home, see if you can see all of the details in these pictures.
![Description: MacBookAir:Users:henrik:Documents:Blogs:pictures:caterpillarsara.jpg](https://sproutsacademy.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/caterpillarsara.jpg)
![Description: MacBookAir:Users:henrik:Documents:Blogs:pictures:butterflydetails.jpg](https://sproutsacademy.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/butterflydetails.jpg)
Bonus
Milk Magic
This is a very cool science experiment! All you need is:
Milk- must be whole or 2%
Food colouring- the more colours the better
Dish soap
Q- tip
Shallow bowl or plate
Magic Milk Science Experiment