Fall Preschool Ideas
for Preschool Teachers
If you have been looking for interesting fall preschool ideas...here is one your preschoolers will love.Children are fascinated by butterflies. This easy science project focuses on Monarch Butterflies and their Migration.
Free preschool lesson plans for September and beyond.....
- Prepare a Butterfly Bulletin Board using:
- Photos of Monarch Butterfly Stages.
- Map of North America showing Migration Route from your home to Central Mexico.
- Read the Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
- Take the children on a walk or to a park to look for migrating Monarch Butterflies
- Keep track of how many butterflies you observe.
- Use a calendar to tally the number of butterflies you see each day with butterfly stickers (preschool math).
- Using the map on the bulletin board talk about migration....why? where? how?....
Monarch Migration
link for detailed information.
- Talk about butterfly life stages using photographs on bulletin board or photographs on
Raise Monarch
link if you have a computer in the classroom.
- Preschool art ideas include coloring caterpillars and butterflies.
- Take a field trip to the Nature Center (they might be tagging Monarchs).
Easy Science Project .....Plan Ahead for these Fall preschool ideas:
- Order Monarch Migration tags from
Monarch Watch Shop.
- Use a butterfly net to catch Monarch Butterflies and tag them.
- Track tagged butterflies at this
link.
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