Elementary Caterpillar and Butterfly Themed Unit Lesson Plans

Posted by Megan Sheakoski Mar 8, 2009

Spring is almost here and primary students everywhere are ready to learn all about caterpillars and butterflies!

Use these lesson ideas to plan an integrated caterpillar and butterfly themed unit for Kindergarten, first, and second grade kids.

1. Grow live butterflies in the classroom with the Butterfly Life Cycle Lesson Plan. Primary students learn about the egg, caterpillar, pupa and butterfly stages of the life cycle using pasta and then watch real caterpillars grow with a butterfly garden.
2. Kindergarten students practice the days of the week, how to count and learn how a caterpillar grows into a butterfly during The Very Hungry Caterpillar Kindergarten Lesson.
3. AABB, ABAB, and ABC caterpillar math patterns are fun to learn during the Caterpillar Butterfly Math Lesson Plan. In this lesson students also learn what symmetry is by creating a symmetrical butterfly wing craft.

Having fun in the elementary science and math classroom makes it easy for primary students to learn all about the butterfly life cycle, the days of the week, how to count, math patterns, and what symmetry is.