Welcome spring! 
Let's play Butterfly School!

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Creative learning!  
Ideas to share with your favorite children.


  Butterfly School comes to your kitchen table!

Butterfly School's Spring Selections!  Back to our home page

Topics to share!

Welcome Letters
with Teacher Tips

 

Activity Sheets 
Picture Talk, Activities to Share & a Daily Thoughts Question.

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Spring Counting!
Enjoy counting exercises that coordinate with each date.

June 1 - June 7 
Activity Sheets present fun counting games!

New Baby!
Welcome a new baby into Jenny Butterfly's family.  Our flexible story is open to reading as an introduction to adoption or biological birth.

  May 22 - May 30 
Activity Sheets stress simple ways to enjoy and care for a new baby.

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More shapes on our classics page!

Diamonds
Celebrate the diamond shape, practice counting to seven & make a little kite book.

May 15 - May 21 
Activity Sheets feature offer cheerful and simple lessons to enjoy the diamond shape.

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  Make a Me Book!
Put together a great "All About Me" book with your child.  Makes a very special keepsake. 

  May 7 - May 14 
Activity Sheets feature offer page-a-day links to make your own "All About Me" books -- whole self collages, a collection of tastes & more.

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Spring Walk
Count to three & celebrate the triangle shape. 

April 22-28 
Activity Sheets feature a healthy walk outside!

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make a frog friend . . .  

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  Lifecycle
Reinforce the concepts of growth and change.  Share a butterfly's gradual transformation from egg to caterpillar to butterfly.

  March 27-31 
Activity Sheets feature the four stages of a butterfly's life:  egg, caterpillar, pupa and butterfly.
Coordinated mini-poster!

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Garden Alphabet  A - Z
Feeling springy?  Design a dream garden, make a flower collage, think about seeds.

First Garden Sheet

Activity Sheets for spring.

These are dated sheets 
but very flexible!

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Share a letter a day!  In 4 weeks you can grow an alphabet book full of flowers and healthy vegetables!

Spring Garden A - D
Feeling springy?  Design a dream garden, make a flower collage, think about seeds!
Garden Alphabet E - K
Build an alphabet book full of flowers & healthy vegetables.
  Garden Alphabet L - R
Expand your child's sense of smell with fragrant activities.
Garden Alphabet S - Z
Explore colors with your child!
Learn about some unusual flowers as we complete our alphabet book with letters x, y and z!

Garden Sheets: A, B, C, D
Activity Sheets feature one letter per day & simple projects to celebrate the arrival of spring:  flowers, seeds & more!

Week 2:  E, F, G, H, I, J, K eggplant, fern, hollyhock, iris, jonquil & kale! 
Week 3:
 L, M, N, O, P, Q, R Lily-of-the-valley, oregano & roses!  Kitchen activities to explore the sense of smell.
Week 4:
 S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z  Sunflowers, zinnias and more!
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  Spring Garden Plans
Feeling springy?  Design a dream garden, make a flower collage, think about seeds!

  Feb. 25-March 4 
First Garden Sheet:  Feb. 27

Activity Sheets full of simple projects to celebrate the arrival of spring:  flowers, seeds & more!

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  Love letters & poetry
Enjoy simple ideas to celebrate love & enjoy introducing your favorite children to poetry.

  Feb. 12 - Feb. 17
 Activity Sheets to celebrate love, poetry & sharing.


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