Metamorphosis Hand Play

Kidlets love using music and movement to tell a story... and what could be more fascinating than the life cycle of the butterfly? Here's a song my preschoolers want to sing (and act out) over and over (and oooooover...)

Ten little eggs, all in a mound

(Hold up ten fingers, and then place one hand over the other to form a covered fist/mound)

Out come the caterpillars, crawling all around

(Move your fingers in a crawling motion)

Next they will sleep, and we know why

(Tilt and lay your head on your hands like a pillow)

Soon they will be... butterflies

(Wave your hands around with your thumbs overlapping... sign language for "butterfly.")