In the preschool class, we have begun our unit on insects. Our unit is based around The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and his other "very" books. Today we sorted butterflies in the science center, took butterflies to the water table on the playground, inspected insects in the sand table, and built bug habitats in the block center. We also made beautiful fold-art butterflies!
Here are some of the concepts we will be learning during the unit and the skills associated with each concept:
Characteristics of insects: Science, Vocabulary
Comparison of insects and spiders: Science, Graphic Organizing
Author study of Eric Carle: Language, Art
Representing bugs creatively: Science, Art, Fine Motor
Life Cycles: Science, Language
Imitating bugs in movement and song: Science, Language, Large Motor, Music