They observed as the grew from tiny to big caterpillars! They looked through the books trying to figure out what they would turn into! A butterfly? A moth? What type?
After a week they crawled to the top and became chrysalises! I took them out so they could take a closer look at them!
They documented and researched some more!
Finally they came out!
Now that they emerged, they debated on what kind of butterfly they were! This went on for about two days. Some thought they were monarchs and some thought they were painted lady. Both types have orange on their wings. It wasn’t until one mentioned that the color of their bodies were brown like the painted lady not black with white spots like the monarch that they came to their conclusion. We had Painted Lady butterflies!
They painted butterflies on the easel and using watercolor! Unfortunately I didn’t get a picture of their beautiful art from the easels but here are their watercolors!
One used a collage method to create a butterfly!
Some used the light table to create their butterflies!
After observing them in their cage, they noticed how their proboscis works by sucking the juice out of the oranges like a straw! After a observing them for a couple days, we freed them into the wild where they could fly, find flowers and continue the butterfly life cycle!
After we let them go, I set up an area for the kids to explore plants! We started by planting an herb garden and lettuce seeds! We researched what they need to grow. Good soil, water and sunshine. We put them close to the window to get the most sun!
I wanted them to touch and explore and look closer to see what they noticed! This is kindergarten right here! Actively learning and trying to figure out their world and how it works!
Old pumpkin seeds were trying to take over our lettuce so we pulled them out to use for exploring! They liked this one that still had the seed connected showing the roots growing out of the bottom and the sprout from the top!
We read about the life cycle of flowers and they painted beautiful flowers at the easel!
Learning about flowers has grown into a lot of wondering about honey bees so we will start investigating them ASAP since we are running out of time!
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