Butterfly Design Teaching Guide: Color Matching, Patterns, and Wing Design

This 14-page teaching guide helps educators prepare and lead a butterfly-wing design activity, with steps for modeling, adjusting support, and observing children’s developing skills. Children practice matching colors, comparing the two sides of a butterfly, noticing and extending simple repeating patterns, and making an original design with colors and shapes. Use it for a hands-on art and early math experience, or as a guided small-group activity with butterfly templates and paper wing pieces. The guide includes learning goals, materials, and a checklist for noting skills.