Kindy’s Butterfly Life Cycle Discovery

In Kindy, we have continued our life cycle theme by looking more closely at butterflies, linking our learning to activities in Forest School.

• We explored the stages: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis (specific to butterflies), and butterfly.

• We talked about metamorphosis and how it takes around two weeks.

• The children learned that caterpillars eat plant material, while butterflies have a liquid diet.

• They use a proboscis to feed on nectar and even drink from muddy puddles to absorb minerals and salts.

• Interestingly, butterflies can taste using their feet!

• We looked at how butterflies are symmetrical and decorated templates using symmetry.

In EYFS, we read The Case of the Missing Caterpillar and then flew around the fire circle like butterflies!