Butterfly Life Cycle Theme

Our New Friends 

Look who came to visit us,
They don't make a noise, or even fuss!
They crawl, climb, and eat,
And they have a lot of feet!
They won't stay long,
So soon they will be gone.
Our little caterpillars can't stay,
Because when they're butterflies, they fly away!

*Fellow teachers: I wrote this little poem to go with the introduction of our Butterfly Life Cycle Theme. I read it to the students before I brought out the caterpillars I ordered from insectlore.com. Feel  free to use it!:)*

The Caterpillar stage

The Chrysalis stage

Darn it!! My broken phone has all the wonderful pictures of the students saying good-bye to the butterflies as we released them. What a neat experience!!

Gotta Go, Gotta Go! Is a super cute book by Sam Swope, and it goes perfectly with the Butterfly Life Cycle Theme!