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Caterpillar to Butterfly

Songs, Poems & Fingerplays

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Songs, Poems and Fingerplay Idea Print up the following sheets and store in a 3 – ring binder. (Purchase at Target, Wal Mart, K-Mart, etc., in the office supply section). If you use thicker quality paper, you can print items back to back saving paper. This way you have all sheets available to you at circle time. Print up the 1st page and place in front of the 3-ring binder.

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Pretty Butterfly (Sung to: “Up on the Housetop”)

First comes a butterfly

Who lays an egg.

Out comes a caterpillar

With many legs.

Oh, see the caterpillar

Spin and spin.

A little chrysalis to sleep in.

Oh, oh, oh, look and see,

Oh, oh, oh, look and see,

Out of the chrysalis, my oh my,

Out comes a pretty butterfly!


Color Butterflies

The first to come to the garden bed,

Is a lovely butterfly of brilliant red.

Then in comes another and that makes two,

Fly right in, my friend of blue.

“The garden is fine, the best I’ve ever seen.”

Says the butterfly of spring time green.

Our garden needs a sunshiny fellow,

Fly in butterfly with wings of yellow.

Orange, orange you’ve waited so long,

Fly right in where you belong.

Butterflies, butterflies your such a sight,

Flying in together – a springtime delight.

Butterflies for “Color Butterflies” Use the following color butterflies for the “Color Butterfly” poem. Print up on white card stock. Trim, laminate if desired. Depending on how many children you have in your child care / class, print up enough so everyone gets one butterfly. Read the poem, and as you come to a color, have the child/ren holding the red butterfly raise it in the air and wave it. Raise butterflies with each color of the poem and wave.

Color Format Print up on white card stock.

B & W Format Print up on white card stock. Color each butterfly a color. This will save on ink.

red

green

blue

yellow

orange


Little Butterfly (Sung to: “I’m a Little Teapot”)

I’m a little butterfly

I have wings

I fly around

And see all things.

When I see a flower

That looks great

I call out

To all my mates.

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Caterpillar

The caterpillar crawled from a plant, you see (left hand crawls up and down right arm)

“I think I’ll take a nap,” said he. So over the ground he began to creep

(right hand crawls over left arm) To spin a chrysalis and he fell asleep.

(cover right fist with left hand) All winter he slept in his bed

Till spring came along and he said, “Wake up, it’s time to get out of bed!”

(shake fist and pointer finger) So he opened his eyes that sunny spring day

(spread fingers and look into hand) Look I’m a butterfly!” and he flew away. (Interlock thumbs and fly hands away)


Caterpillar Poem

What do caterpillars do? Nothing but chew and chew. What do caterpillars know?

Nothing much but how to grow.

They just eat what by and by Will make them be a butterfly. But this is more than I can do

However much I chew and chew.


Creepy Crawly Caterpillar

A creepy crawly caterpillar that I see (shade eyes)

Makes a chrysalis in a big oak tree. (make body into a ball)

He stays there and I know why (slowly stand up)

Because soon he will be a butterfly (flap arms)


Flutter, Flutter Butterfly (Sung to: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)

Flutter, flutter, butterfly

Floating in the summer sky. Floating by for all to see, Floating by so merrily. Flutter, flutter, butterfly,

Floating in the summer sky.


Roly-Poly Caterpillar

Roly-Poly caterpillar, (wiggle right pointer finger)

Into a corner crept.

(place right pointer finger in left cupped hand)

Then for a long time slept. (place head on folded hands)

Roly-poly caterpillar

(wiggle right pointer finger)

Found himself with beautiful wings. Changed into a butterfly. (flutter arms like wings).


Caterpillar Chant

A caterpillar looks so small.

It is hardly there at all.

It munches on green leafy treats,

And it gets bigger as it eats.

It eats and eats, ‘til pretty soon.

It wraps up tight in a cocoon.

When it wakes up it blinks its eyes

And says, “I’m now a butterfly!”


The Life of a Butterfly (Sung to: “Skip to My Lou”)

I’m a caterpillar, wiggle with me, I’m a caterpillar, wiggle with me, I’m a caterpillar, wiggle with me,

What’ll I be my darlin’?

A chrysalis, now sleep like me, A chrysalis, now sleep like me, A chrysalis, now sleep like me,


A butterfly, come fly with me, A butterfly, come fly with me, A butterfly, come fly with me,


Now all together, let’s do all three! A caterpillar, a chrysalis, a butterfly, three!

Move your body like this with me, The life of a butterfly, darlin’!


The Fuzzy Caterpillar (Sung to: “Itsy Bitsy Spider”)

The fuzzy caterpillar Curled up on a leaf,

Spun her little chrysalis And then fell fast asleep. While she was sleeping,

She dreamed that she could fly. And later when she woke up,

She was a butterfly!


Fuzzy Caterpillar

Fuzzy, wuzzy, creepy crawly

caterpillar, funny.

You will be a butterfly

When the days are sunny.


Caterpillar Change

There was a little caterpillar crawling all about. (walk with fingers on arm) He worked and he worked without a doubt. (wiggle fingers) Wrapping himself in a snug cocoon. (wrap other hand around fingers) Waiting and waiting, will it be soon? (hold fingers) Look, he’s coming out, my oh my! (raise arms in excitement) For now he’s become a beautiful butterfly! (cross thumbs and flap hands like wings)


Only My Opinion

Is a caterpillar ticklish? Well, it’s always my belief

That he giggles as he wiggles Across a hairy leaf.


Five Fuzzy Caterpillars

Five fuzzy caterpillars, on a spring day.

five fuzzy caterpillars, crawl and play.

Five fuzzy caterpillars eat and eat some more.

Five fuzzy caterpillars we can see no more. Each in a chrysalis,

they will stay, Till they are butterflies, and fly away!


ABC Butterfly

A B C D E I found a butterfly on me!

F G H I J

She started out in a very small way.

K L M N O An egg smaller than my toe!

P Q R S T

Next a caterpillar she will be.

U V W X Y In a chrysalis is where she’d lie.

Z Z Z Z Z

That’s how my butterfly came to be!


Caterpillar, Caterpillar (Sung to: “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear”)

Caterpillar, caterpillar (arms up high)

Turn around. (turn around)

Caterpillar, caterpillar (all fall down)

Slitter on the ground. (wiggle on the floor)

Caterpillar, caterpillar (stand up)

Spin a cocoon (twirl around)

Caterpillar, caterpillar (sit down)

Sleep until noon. (pretend to sleep)


Butterflies’ Birthday

Here is the egg, small and round.

On a leaf above the ground.

Here is the caterpillar, watch it eat.

Lots of leaves, juicy and sweet.

Here is the chrysalis, small and thin;

The changing pupa sleeps within.

Here is the butterfly, fluttering away;

Time to celebrate it’s happy birthday!


Caterpillar (Sung to: “She’ll be Coming Around the Mountain”)

There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle. There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle.

There’s a tiny caterpillar. A tiny caterpillar.

There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf, wiggle, wiggle.

More verses:

There’s a hungry caterpillar on a leaf munch, munch! There’s a shiny chrysalis on a leaf, shh, shh!

There’s a lovely butterfly flying high, flutter, flutter!


Caterpillar, Caterpillar

Caterpillar, caterpillar, Where will you go?

Up and down the branches, to where the flowers grow.

Caterpillar, caterpillar,

What will you do? I’ll spin my cocoon And then rest, too.

Caterpillar, caterpillar,

why, why, why? Because you see I’m going to be

A lovely butterfly!


Once I Saw a Butterfly (Sung to: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)

Once I saw a butterfly Dancing in the clear blue sky

Through the meadow he would go Flying high and flying low

Once I saw a butterfly Dancing in the clear blue sky


Fuzzy, Wuzzy Caterpillar

Fuzzy, wuzzy caterpillar crawls along on the ground.

Eating lots of grass and leaves. He soon grows big and round!

He builds a house around himself. Now can you tell me why?

‘Cause soon you’ll see him turn Into a pretty butterfly.

Butterfly Puppet Print up on white card stock. One for each child. Color if using B & W, cut out. Fold a crease – length wise and then staple a length of pipe cleaner to the back. Twist pipe cleaner to form a ring small enough to fit on a child’s finger. Have each child slip the butterfly onto their finger and use the butterfly for any of the songs included with the “Caterpillar to Butterfly” theme. ☺

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