The Butterfly Lifecycle
This lesson felt like the best one yet! I really let the kids explore different movements that helped them embody and remember the different stages of the butterfly lifecycle. For example for the egg I had them do small and round movement. Then for the caterpillar stage I had them do body half movement. Next is the chrysalis stage and for this they explored spiral movement. And lastly for butterfly they did sustained movement. After the students explored all of these different patterns, I split them up in groups of 5 and they chose what order they wanted to do these movement qualities in and come up with a name for their group. The thing I learned most through this lesson was that children want opportunities for ownership. I soon as I gave them a chance to create something and take ownership for that creation they excited about moving and performing for each other. It was somewhat of an epiphany for me. This is important because it will help me in future lessons to give students more