Mexico & Butterflies

Gray whales are not the only animals that migrate to Mexico, in addition to Gray Whales we also learned about Monarch Butterflies this week!

Tot School (35mos)

Butterfly Life Cycle Cards from Montessori Print Shop and Insect Lore Ilp4760 Butterfly Life Cycle Stages


B box

Sorting Caterpillars

Butterfly Match from Montessori Print Shop

Ordering caterpillars by length (made from egg cartons)

Do-a-dot B page (from Confessions of a Homeschooler Letter B)

Tweezing Butterflies

B is for Butterfly Magnet Page (from Confessions of a Homeschooler)

Butterfly cutting strips from Montessori Print Shop

More Butterfly themed workboxes and activites:
Weekly Workboxes - Week 13
Preschool Wrap-up (week 13)
More Butterflies at First Grade Week 13

From Caterpillar to Butterfly (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 1)

My, Oh My--A Butterfly!: All About Butterflies (Cat in the Hat's Learning Library)
Are You a Butterfly? (Backyard Books)
A Butterfly Is Patient
In the Butterfly Garden
Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
Butterfly Colors and Counting
The Butterfly
Where Butterflies Grow (Picture Puffins)
Butterfly Butterfly: A Book of Colors

Kindergarten (5yo)

Little Passports MEXICO package

Building Ancient Pyramids/Temples

Animals of Mexico (from Expedition Earth at Confessions of Homeschooler)

Ancient Mexican Sun Craft (using cornstarch dough)

Life cycle cards from Montessori Print Shop


Unit Study by Amanda Bennett

Books we read:

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