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Butterflies: a preschool theme week

Checked Oct 30, 2026 · Spring · May

One week on butterflies for twos to fours: a five-line circle time, 3 books (2 free to read on Peabody), one craft with 4 materials, “Ring Around the Rosie” with its words, a snack from the Kitchen and the letter B.

Plan this weekPrint the two sheets

Circle time

  1. Good morning song, then say each name together.
  2. Calendar: the day, the date and the weather.
  3. Ask: “What does a caterpillar turn into?”
  4. Sing: Ring Around the Rosie.
  5. Read: Meg and the Seed (level 3).

Threes and fours: ten to fifteen minutes; let a child hold the book.

Books

  • Meg and the Seed (level 3, free on peabody.kids): Waiting for something to change, like a chrysalis.
  • Go, Snail, Go! (level 3, free on peabody.kids): A small creature in the garden.
  • Can I Pet It? (read aloud, level 4): A read-aloud pattern book about animals and bees: look, don't touch.

Craft: Fold-print butterfly

You need (4): paper butterfly shape (grown-up cuts), washable paint, a spoon, a pipe cleaner.

  1. Drop paint on one wing.
  2. Fold the butterfly in half and press.
  3. Open it up: the wings match. Add a pipe-cleaner body when dry.

With a grown-up. No heat, nothing hot.

Song: Ring Around the Rosie

The words

Ring around the rosie, A pocket full of posies, Ashes, ashes, We all fall down.

Traditional; public domain. From Top 52 nursery rhymes with lyrics.

Snack

Fruit Caterpillar from the Peabody Kitchen: picture steps, allergy swaps and safety lines on the recipe.

Letter pack

BbB is for butterfly. Print the two pages (a trace page and a color page).

Threes and fours: trace B and b once, then find B in the room and in the book.

Outside: Caterpillar to butterfly

Crawl like a caterpillar, curl up still as a chrysalis, then fly around the yard as a butterfly.

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The books are Peabody's own open library, free with no sign-in. The song is public domain. The snack links to the Peabody Kitchen. Nothing here asks for a child's name.