Fingerprint Butterflies

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling

• Teach the names of each of the fingers. Prepare a diagram of an enlarged hand with labeled fingers. Draw it on a blackboard or whiteboard, or find a picture of one and project it for the children to see.
• Keep the image up while the children work on their art activity.

Guided Practice

• Help students put one color on each of their fingers and assist them with putting their prints on paper.
• Once all students have their butterfly prints on paper, have them glue down the pipe cleaner body.

Independent working time

• Finally, have the students use your diagram or visual representation to label each of their butterfly fingerprints.
• If your class is too young to write that many words, you can have the different fingers on labels and then have students place the labels above the correct finger.