(FIRST YEAR) Life cycles - Frogs and Butterflies

We started this week talking about the life cycle of a frog (egg to tadpole to froglet to frog).  We talked about what it means to go through such big changes: it's a METAMORPHOSIS.  We also discussed how a frog goes from water (tadpole) to land (adult) and that's called being an AMPHIBIAN.  We read The Teeny Weeny Tadpole and discussed all the changes a frog must go through to become a frog.  

During centers, we created a frog with a long tongue that catches flies!  We also sorted the life cycle into the correct order, and explored other fun frog-related stations.

The next week, we discussed the life cycle of a butterfly and the metamorphosis it goes through to become a beautiful butterfly (egg - larva - caterpillar - chrysalis - butterfly).  We talked about what a chrysalis is and how it differs slightly from a cocoon.