Dazzling Dragonflies

Today our topic again focused on animals that live by or around a pond.  Our read aloud was titled Are You a Dragonfly?  A dragonfly laid her clutch of eggs and the life cycle of dragonflies began. We watched as the little nymphs changed over time into beautiful adults who can move through the air like an acrobat.  Besides learning what a nymph is the children also learned that dragonflies can be many different colors like blue, green, and red.

Today during centers the children made a dragonfly of their own.  They picked the color that they wanted and cut out a dragonfly body along with two sets of wings.  They then taped the wings onto the body along with pipe cleaners, which resembled the veins in the wings.  They then gave their dragonfly a face and painted it with dazzling glitter paint.  

At another center the children sorted b's and d's.  Reversals of these letters are common up until second grade.  It does help to have your child know for a d the circle is first and for a b the circle is last.