Caterpillar to Butterfly

This is where we will be starting in the next day or so. We are finishing up the letter "b" and are going to have the theme go into caterpillar.

I found some great links that I'll be using for this theme :

Caterpillar to Butterfly
Butterfly & Caterpillar Activities
Butterfly Curriculum
Exploring Butterflies

I know DD will really enjoy this theme, if you have any great sites, feel free to share them in the comments section, butterfly related or not. :)

Here is a great curriculum for learning to read:
Preparatory Curriculum
Letter of the week
Sounds of the Week
Story of the Week

I have these in the order from the site, they all link to the same site, but the different curriculum's pages. I will definitely be using the sound of the week when we get further, we are still working on letter of the week over here, and most of what I do is from the Little Hands/Hearts to Heaven (I can never rememeber which one we have). And then I supplement with longer themes like the butterfly above. :) Right now we are doing Baker, and DD is going to go to the bakery this week.

Where we left off was the search for some curriculum, after my post I found and bought Little Hands to Heaven by Carrie Austin.

So far, I like it. I've already started deviating and adding my own things, but that is what I wanted to do anyway. My 3 year old son has been taking part and enjoying himself, which is great! And I like that it has activities that I can do with all of my children, it makes planning that much easier. With my 5 year old, we are adding a few other things like handwriting. She wants to write, so with each letter of teh week, she does writing activities a few times.

Here is a great resource for themes, including alphabet themes. I think this is one of my favorites now. I love all the pages for printing for the alphabet, the fun and simple crafts the kids can on their own. My daughter likes being able to start and finish a project without mom needing to do something, then she can say, I did it all by myself!"

Heres the URL: Kids Crafts & Themes That takes you straight to the theme page.