In the second week, I brought out the butterfly wings that were created and given to our kinder many years ago. We read the story again, this time using felt props of the different items. When the book was finished, the children were able to pick the different colour butterfly costumes to wear. We played the song, acting it out along to the music.

Rationale: This experience relates to Assignment 2's task in various ways. Within the activity, the children are experiencing sounds, and motion with a link to the natural world. In Assignment 2, the experience was about becoming the beetle and exploring his daily journey. In this experience, the children are again enveloping the idea of the insect. They are able to feel a part of the caterpillar by acting out the motions through sound, movement and the texture of the wings flowing in the air as they transform into butterflies.

Theoretical Perspectives: Caterpillar to butterfly is a dramatic form of temporal art. The children are able to express their inner language within the moment to make sense of their world (Baker & Hamilton, 2015).  I witnessed children delight in the colours, sounds and physicality of this experience. This allowed them to make decisions about their interpretation of the song in an individual way, resembling the thought process of Parallaxis where they are creating from their own world (Kilby, 2017). 

Reflection:
This experience done over two sessions worked well but not perfectly. The children are still in the early stages of routines and are still discovering how things work at kinder. The story went well and singing and dancing are always ways to get children up, active and engaged in play. Developmentally at this age, children may not be ready to sit down on the mat together but most children gave these experiences a go. On a personal level, the song used in this activity although quite old reminds me of a dear friend that taught at kinder alongside me when I was just starting out as the 3yo teacher. She loved to sing this song with the children and I think of her every time it plays. She passed away from cancer a few years back and left a hole in our kinder when she was gone. We have a bench in our garden with her memorial plaque so everyone can always sit down with her. Doing this song always makes me smile because I imagine her singing it right along with us.
This song was once regularly played by a former colleague of mine who helped me through my first years teaching 3yo kinder. She passed from cancer a few years ago but everytime the butterfly to caterpillar song plays I hear her singing it along.

ISBN: 9781107433670

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