and The Prince of Butterflies
, we had some friends over for some hands-on fun! 
Nothing quite like the thrill of paint and googly eyes! The kids enjoyed designing their own caterpillars!
After reviewing how caterpillars simple eyes (hence the googly eyes) then change to compound eyes during metamorphosis, the boys had fun adding left over jewels from our medieval celebrations onto their butterflies!
But the highlight of the morning was when the boys dramatized the life-cycle of a butterfly.
First, there were five little eggs…
That hatched and ate everything in sight. They ate and molted and ate and molted.
Before forming a chrysalis (or sliding feet first into a sleeping bag).
Wriggling, shaking, changing…
Before finally emerging with wings…
Discovering that this whole metamorphosis stuff is exhausting!!!
But worth it for these wriggly little boys! 🙂
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What a fantastic idea!!!! Love it <3
Hey Heather, hope you’ll be sharing something on the Hands On Blog carnival. I love your posts and of course I voted for you! Have a wonderful rest of the week with your little wigglies! 🙂
Cheryl in MA
How cute. I love unit studies on butterflies.
Fantastic! This looks like they not only were learning so much, but they were having a blast in the process. That is exactly what it is all about.
Visiting from HHH.
Love, love, love your ideas!!!!! Stopping by from HHH
what a great hands on lesson! loved the pictures of the kids. too cute!
Way too cool!