Little Sprouts Thursday April 23rd

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?

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By Kari Bolt

Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly

Explore

This is a video of a real caterpillar changing into a butterfly. Wow!

Butterfly Metamorphosis

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You can make a butterfly with rocks, or things that you find around the house.

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from Preschoolmom.com

You can draw a butterfly and use many colours to colour the wings.

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from preschoolmom.com
Axel’s Butterfly named Climber

You can fold a paper in half and create a butterfly with paint.

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from KidsSoup.com

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.

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Photo by Sara Codair on Unsplash 
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Photo by Yuichi Kageyama on Unsplash

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

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