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*Connection to family:  The technological skill that children can be applied to their daily life with their family.

*Connection to Doc: "identifying actions and outcomes; identifying evidence for point of view; exploring causes" (ELECT, p.45)

*Resources needed: Drawing paper, thick straws, thin straws, crayons, tapes.

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Flapping Butterfly Craft [Video] [Video] | Butterfly crafts preschool, Insect crafts, Butterfly art and craft

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Aug 1, 2019 - Teaching about insects? This flapping butterfly craft actually moves its wings! Kids love this activity and it is easyto assemble!

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*Connection to family: Children's artwork will be displayed on documentation board to share with families.

*Connection to Doc: "Children are encouraged to express themselves through drawing, painting, sculpture, movement, music, and storytelling to communicate their exploration of the materials or to represent their ideas, experiences, and understanding of the world" (HDLH, p.44)

*Resources needed: Painting paper cut to a butterfly shape, water paints, plastic tray, water, glue, little googly eyes.

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*Connection to family: Children's craft will be displayed on documentation board to share with families. The skills that children have practiced will be told to families and encourage parents to practice with their children.

*Connection to Doc: "Children are encouraged to express themselves through drawing, painting, sculpture, movement, music, and storytelling to communicate their exploration of the materials or to represent their ideas, experiences, and understanding of the world" (HDLH, p.44)

*Resources needed: Playdough in different colors, table near the sink decorated with elements related to caterpillars.

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Food for The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Color Sorting, Days - Math)

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Food for The Very Hungry Caterpillar (Color Sorting, Days - Math)

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*Connection to family: Children can bring from home the food toys or fruit that they think is related to the story- The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

*Connection to Doc: "Support children’s language and literacy development throughout the environment (e.g., recall and retell past events; revisit documentation with children; place familiar print materials and books in different areas to spark ideas for play and exploration" (HDLH, p.44)

*Resources needed: The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Food toys, Fruit, Paper larger than A3 size divided to 7 parts marked Monday to Sunday

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*Connection to family: Children will bring their butterflies with sorted shapes home to share with families and families will be encourage to investigate with children about the shapes they can find at home.

*Connection to Doc: "Recognizing and naming shapes; matching shapes and names." (ELECT, p.46)

*Resources needed: a big butterfly, color papers cut in different shapes, glue...etc.

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*Connection to family: Children are encouraged to use this measuring method to measure objects at home with their parents.

*Connection to Doc: "continuously questioning and testing their own theories and strategies and seeking new ideas to facilitate children’s exploration and understanding of the world around them in meaningful ways." (HDLH, p.38)

*Resources needed: Cubic LEGOs, caterpillars (if possible, or not, replaced by real size caterpillar toys)...etc.

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Create  a home for the cocoon (Engineering)

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Create  a home for the cocoon (Engineering)

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*Answering question: How can caterpillar grow to be a butterfly??
* Connection to family: Encourage families' participation by collecting appropriate materials for building the home for a cocoon.

*Connection to Doc: "Encouraging the creative expression of ideas, feelings, and interpretations using a variety of materials also helps solidify children’s learning, enhances their creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills, and strengthens their memory and sense of identity." (HDLH, p.42)

*Resources needed: Loose parts from nature (i.e. Branches, leaves, soil), crafting materials like: plastic eyes, foam balls, scissors, glue, toy butterfly wings, markers...etc.

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*Connection to family: Children's artwork will be displayed on documentation board to share with families.

*Connection to Doc: "drawing and constructing 2D and 3D models; beginning to use art media and tools to express their ideas, feelings, and experiences" (ELECT, p.43)

*Resources needed: Drawing paper cut to a leave shape, Pom Pom Balls, markers, Crayons, glue, little googly eyes.
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Bauer Elementary: Very Hungry Kindergarteners...I mean Caterpillars!

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Build the tallest caterpillar (Engineering)

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Build the tallest caterpillar (Engineering)

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*Connection to family: Children's working process and the product will be documented by photograph and displayed on documentation board to share with families.

*Connection to Doc: "using a variety of materials to build with and express their ideas" (HDLH, p.44)

*Resources needed: Bottle caps, glue, googly eyes, chenille stems

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*Connection to family: Children will have their diagram brought home to share with their parents; Teacher can also encourage children to think about the different stages of themselves as a human.

*Connection to Doc: "Opportunities to experience nature every day and to care for and interact with the natural world enhance children’s connections to the world around them." (HDLH, p.25)

*Resources needed: paper plate, pasta in different shapes, any material that children can find at home that they think can represent caterpillar's appearance in different stages...etc.

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Field trip to the Butterfly Conservatory (Common Experience - Science)

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Field trip to the Butterfly Conservatory (Common Experience - Science)

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Proposed Location: Charles Sauriol Conservation Area/ The Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory

* Connection to family: Observe, discuss, and document children's findings to share with the family. Take photos and children can use drawing's to represent what they have seen during the field trip.

*Connection to Doc: "Opportunities to experience nature enhance children's sense of wonder and joy in the world around them, whether programs are located in large urban centres with small patches of green spaces, gardens, and trees or in vast fields and forest." (HDLH, p.21)

*Resources needed: Field site contact, Transportation arrangement, Name tags for children and name list for headcount, First Aid kits, food and water.

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Caterpillar Life Drama (Story Retelling - The Very Hungry Caterpillar)

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Caterpillar Life Drama (Story Retelling - The Very Hungry Caterpillar)

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*Answering question: What are the different stages of caterpillar's life?
* Connection to family: Children will prepare all the costumes according to their understanding of the different stages of a caterpillar's appearance for presenting the drama. We can invite families to be the audience and celebrate children's success together.

*Connection to Doc: "Encouraging the creative expression of ideas, feelings, and interpretations using a variety of materials also helps solidify children’s learning, enhances their creative problem-solving and critical thinking skills,77 and strengthens their memory and sense of identity." (HDLH, p.42)

*Resources needed: Color paper, crafting materials like: plastic eyes, foam balls, scissors, glue, toy butterfly wings, markers...etc.