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How to Make a Butterfly Game

An effective way to teach young learners about butterflies is to turn the lesson into a game. Whether you are studying insects or teaching students about the phenomenon of metamorphosis, butterflies make appropriate, pretty and colorful subjects. Designing your butterfly game involves thinking about the types of things you want your young learners to learn about butterflies. From butterfly terminology to the butterfly life cycle, you can create your butterfly game in an age-appropriate manner to cater to the players.

Things You'll Need

Construction paper
Markers
Butterfly visual aids
Blank note cards

Instructions

Butterfly Label Game
- 1
  Draw an image of a butterfly onto a piece of construction paper. Use a marker to draw straight lines to various parts of the butterfly, such as the wings, head and thorax.
- 2
  Make a copy of the image of the butterfly onto several pieces of construction paper. You need enough pieces of paper for each player. The paper serves as the game's board.
- 3
  Instruct kids to label the butterfly according to where the lines point on the butterfly's body. The player who labels the butterfly the fastest and with the most accurate answers wins the game.
Butterfly Memory Game
- 4
  Teach young learners about the various types of butterflies. Use visual aids to show the students what the butterflies you are teaching them about look like, since each type of butterfly has a unique color pattern.
- 5
  Create notecards with images of butterflies on one side. Make two notecards with matching butterflies. For instance; have two cards with pictures of monarchs on them, two cards with pictures of a swallowtail, two cards with images of a mourning cloak and two with question mark butterflies.
- 6
  Mix the cards up. Place the cards upside down so the players only see the blank sides.
- 7
  Tell the players to, one at a time, flip over one card, followed by a second card. If the butterflies match, the player collects both cards and takes a second turn. If the cards do not match, the player flips the cards back over and it becomes the opponent's turn. The object of the game is to memorize and remember where the butterfly cards are so the players get the most matches. The player with the most pairs of butterfly cards wins the game.

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