MFW Kindergarten: Ii for Insect

Ds4 has been looking forward to this week in MFW for a while, ever since he saw the letter sound card with insects on it lol.  There is a lot we have done, but a lot more we can do with this unit, so I may actually extend it into next week as well.

One day we learned about butterflies.  Ds made a book about how butterflies change.

I love this page where he drew a little butterfly (on the left) and told me to write “Yea!” underneath.  Too cute.  :)

He put some cardstock circles on a pipe cleaner to make a caterpillar.  Although we don’t have to go far to observe a caterpillar…

Meet “Poopers.”  I found him on my hibiscus plant quite a while ago and he has been happily munching on fresh leaves in a jar on our schoolroom bookshelf ever since (and pooping like a madman, hence his name. ;)  He is so well taken care of I believe he has decided not to complete his metamorphosis and remain a fat little leaf eating poop machine.  I would, too.

This was ds’s favorite part of the week I think, learning about and creating a firefly.  I only wish it were still warm enough for him to have seen a real one.

We simply cut out heart shaped wings and glued on a glow stick.  And then waited for it to get dark of course.

How’s that for a cool pic?  Please note, we did not do all these things in one day.  The boy is  wearing that pumpkin shirt every day for the rest of his life lol.

Another little book he made about what insects can do.  This is his personalized page.  Not sure what he is doing, but it’s cute.

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