I started off this butterfly storytime by reading Four Friends in the Garden by Sue Heap. Florentina the bear is playing in the garden with her friends when she notices a fluttery butterfly. She is excited to show her friends, but the butterfly keeps flying away. I thought this was a cute and simple story that followed the butterfly theme.
Next, I shared a story using the flannelboard called "A Spotted Caterpillar." This is a story about a hungry caterpillar who eats different colored flowers that make him get the same colored spots all over his body. We had red, yellow, and blue felt flowers and the kids each got a chance to put a colored dot on the caterpillar. Of course at the end of the story, he turns into a beautiful spotted butterfly!
Our next butterfly book was Don't Worry Bear by Greg Foley. This is a story about a bear who finds a friend in a caterpillar but worries that his friend is changing and can't find him. It's a great story to use to simplify the butterfly stages.
We did a simple flannelboard counting and color rhyme with five colored butterflies and then it was on to our last book, Kitten's Big Adventure by Mie Araki. An adorably illustrated kitten finds herself on an adventure after chasing a butterfly.
For a butterfly craft, we made our own butterflies complete with a pipe cleaner antenna and a popsicle stick body. The kids enjoyed decorating their butterfly's wings anyway they liked using markers and crayons.
Spring is finally here!
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