This week we continued working with our “Insects” unit. This week we learned all about the mariposa-butterfly insect. We learned the butterfly life cycle (huevo-egg, oruga/larva-larva/caterpillar, ninfa/crisalida-pupa y mariposa-butterfly). We also learned that the butterfly attach their eggs to leaves with a special glue. Most of the caterpillars are plant eaters. When the butterfly emerges from the chrysalids it will wait a few hours to fly for the first time. Butterflies can live anywhere between a month to a year. Most butterflies feed on nectar from flowers and can fly miles and miles, especially the monarch butterflies.
At the end of the week we worked with the bee/abeja insect. We learned that worker bees are female and they collect pollen and nectar to feed the colony. They clean the hive, make the honey, and feed the queen. The drone’s job is to mate with the queen, and the queen bee’s job is only to lay eggs. The kids did great working with butterfly and bees activities. Also, the kids were reviewing the vocabulary of the month Hormiga-ant, Abeja-bee, Mariquita-ladybugs, Mariposa-butterfly, Mosca-fly, Luciérnaga- firefly, Avispa- wasp, Saltamontes-grasshopper, Grillo-cricket, Escarabajo- scarab.
New Vocabulary:
Oruga/caterpillar,
Hoja-leave,
Alas-wings,
Nectar-nectar,
Flores-flowers,
Colmena-hive
Miel-honey.
Libro
Letra
K k (tracing letter and recognizing of letter)
Número
1-10 (recognition of numbers in our daily calendar, writing the number daily)
Fígura
Corazón – heart. It was fun to sort circle and heart cheerios during snack time.
Color
Rosado – pink