Our Caterpillars have arrived from the Insect Lore and we are all very excited to watch them transform into butterflies!
We have been observing them everyday as part of our morning daily work by using these great science journals.
During our study I found some age appropriate books that Jax's was able to read himself. The Books made it possible for us to combine his reading time with science. Here is a list of the books Jax's read ...
After about one week they started crawling along the top of the cup.
By the end of that evening they were curled into a "J" position.
By the following morning they had transformed into Chrysalises.
We waited four days for the chrysalis to fully harden before transferring them to their new home.
In addition to reading numerous books about butterflies we also included activities to learn about the butterflies and their life cycle. Below we used playdough to recreate each cycle of the butterflies life.
Our Butterfly Kit included a seed packet to plant your own Butterfly Garden.
Since we had planned a trip and our butterflies had not hatched yet we hit the road with our traveling butterflies. We were lucky enough to have them entertain us during our six hour drive as we observed them emerging!
Once we arrived to our hotel we found a perfect garden to set them free.
There are no words for the beauty of a child discovering nature!
