Finished off the Spring theme this week by looking at the life cycle of a butterfly. We read Very Hungry Caterpillar (a lot), looked in our encyclopaedia and on YouTube.
Over the week we did papier mâché over a balloon to be the cocoon, painted it and then painted a butterfly to go inside. When painting we talked about the colour mixing and also the symmetry of the butterfly's wings.
I'll probably try to find symmetry in one of his workbooks next week to look at it a bit more.
I think we're done for Spring now. It's involved a lot of life cycles - frogs, butterflies, plants, farm animals.
Next subject to be confirmed! Chops picked a few books from the library this week so will see if one of those sparks an interest. Plus there are trips to Spain and London in the not too distant future that we can start preparing for! And the Olympics. I've seen Twinkl have put some Olympics resources up this week so need to have a look at those.
I like the idea of using papier mache to make a cocoon, will try and remember that next time we do butterflies.
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