Weekly Workboxes - Week 13

 This starts our 4 week unit of Insects - this week we are spotlighting butterflies and caterpillars.  Unless otherwise indicated, the printables come from 2 Teaching Mommies Butterfly Unit.  Thanks again to 2 Teaching Mommies for such awesome FREE printables!

The books we are reading this week

Butterfly House
The Butterfly (Picture Books)

National Geographic Readers: Caterpillar to Butterfly
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Waiting for Wings
The Lamb and the Butterfly

Size order with caterpillars from 

Insect flashcards/pictures with magnifying glass

butterfly cutting strips from MPS and butterfly paper punch

Butterfly Life Cycle Cards (from MPS Toddler Bundle) and Butterfly Life Cycle Stages Characters

Magnet Tiles with spelling pages (Butterfly is on the back)

Counting pom-poms to make a caterpillar

Magnet Pages (Caterpillare is on the back)

Counting butterflies from Confessions of a Homeschooler with plastic butterflies

Art bin - Butterfly and caterpillar stamps, do-a-dot page, coffee filters, pasta for making a life cycle diagram

Cc box (I am focusing on C is for Caterpillar this week, b/c next week is Bees)

Bug Counters and cards from Discovery Toys (but I have to say I'm slightly annoyed that the bug counters include spiders and the cards constantly refer to the counters as insects...and well, spiders are NOT insects!)

Melissa and Doug Pattern Blocks, a simpler one for little c and a more difficult one for Z.

Check out my pinterest board for more great ideas!

Don't forget to check back on Saturday for our weekly wrap up!!

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