"Butterfly, buttefly, now fly away to the blossoms
Fly blue wing, fly white wing, now fly away to the blossoms
Fly red wing, fly yellow wing, now fly away to the blossoms"
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"Let them be little, 'cause they're only that way for a while. Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day. Let them cry, let them giggle; let them sleep in the middle, oh, let them be little."
- Written and Sung by Billy Dean
Our little caterpillars arrived this past month, so tiny and squirmy. We watched as they ate and ate and grew and grew. When it was time, each one changed into a chrysalis. Then it was time to wait and wait. Every day Audrey and Ethan would rush over to see if anything happened while they were sleeping. We got lucky enough to actually see one coming out of his chrysalis. Surely, this was a magical moment for all of us. We fed the butterflies nectar and gave them watermelon. We watched them flutter around their butterfly house. Sophie loved to watch them too. She called them "flies". Then it was time to let them go...always a mix of happiness and sadness. We did some butterfly art projects during our butterfly theme. Here are two of Audrey's favorites for you to see. The top one was done with glitter paint on just one wing. Then Audrey folded the wing over and pressed it onto the other wing so that the paint would transfer to that wing, and be perfectly symmetrical. The second butterfly project was done with watercolors. This is a picture of Audrey's Nature Book. On the first page, she observed and recorded our little caterpillars in their cup. She also drew one of the caterpillars in his chrysalis. On the second page she drew the newly emerged butterflies in their butterfly house. Audrey and Ethan made wool roving butterflies to go with our favorite butterfly song from Sing a Song of Seasons: "Butterfly, buttefly, now fly away to the blossoms Fly blue wing, fly white wing, now fly away to the blossoms Fly red wing, fly yellow wing, now fly away to the blossoms" Here is my chalkboard drawing to go with our butterfly story, The Story of the Butterfly Children by Sibylle Von Olfers. As you can see, Sophie added a little chalk work to my drawing as well.
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WelcomeHi! I am Allison. I am a happy homemaker, wife, and mother to four sweet babies. I am also a Classical, Christian homeschooling mom trying to make every day a celebration of love and family. I love to bake, cook, garden, read, do art, and spend time outdoors with my amazing family. Archives
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