“The moth prefers the moon and detests the sun, while the butterfly loves the sun and hides from the moon. Every living creature responds to light.”

Suzy Kassem

While we wait for our chrysalis to open and see the butterfly, we want to learn a little bit more about them. Just the other day we discovered an insect that is very similar to a butterfly… the moth.

After doing some activities to remember vocabulary we watched a video about the difference between butterflies and moths. The video in English was not as difficult as we thought: we were familiar with the topic of the video and the images helped us understand the general idea. 

To reinforce the ideas and practice a bit of reading strategies, we did some activities together on the digital screen and individually on paper. Again, reading is easy if you know the topic and the important words are marked.

Do you want to try? Click on the image and try to put the sentences in the correct space. If you do it correctly you will have a digital infographic (just like our paper version) with all the differences between butterflies and moths! 

“Every kid has a bug period”

E.O.Wilson

In Alicies we are fascinated by invertebrates. Now that we know what a “bitxo” is and that we are much more precise in naming them, it was time to learn the names in English for our little zoo. 

We already knew some of the names thanks to the cartoons and comics (spider and ladybug, for example) but we were very surprised when we realized a lot of insects had the word FLY with them like BUTTERFLY; DRAGONFLY, FIREFLY or simply FLY. Did you know that? 

We did several activities to recognise the written form of all the words that have appeared in our conversations these days. Online games, word searches and matching games are ideal to get familiarized with the words. We know now that the written words are pronounced very differently than in Spanish or Catalan and the best way is, sometimes, to “memorize” it. Do you want to try? Click here and try the different games!