KINDERGARTEN BUTTERFLIES!

GWL Kindergarteners Learn About Butterflies!

Glenwood Landing’s School-Wide Enrichment Services under the direction of Audra Marcantonio conducted an educational program for all kindergarteners involving Butterflies hosted by the Long Island Science Museum.

Children in kindergarten participated in a hands-on learning experience where they discovered the life cycle and anatomy of butterflies. The students studied how caterpillars turn into butterflies after it spins a silky cocoon or molts into a shiny chrysalis. This protective casing enables the caterpillar to radically transform its body, eventually emerging as a butterfly or moth! Additionally, they discovered how butterflies use their own senses to find food.  

In a following crafts session, students then had the opportunity to make their own butterflies. They got to pick colorful markers, pipe cleaners, and a white coffee filter which they designed into their own stunning butterflies!   

Many thanks to Audra Marcantonio, the GWL SCA, and the LI Science Museum for bringing this hands-on, educational learning experience to the students of Glenwood Landing. Additionally, the LI Science Museum provided all of the GWL Landing kindergarteners with caterpillars to watch them change into beautiful butterflies!

Article and photos by Shelly Newman