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As I told a lot of you moms at the Tea Party, we've been talking about the lifecycle of a butterfly. We've been watching time-lapsed videos on Youtube of the caterpillar shedding its skin and turning into a chrysalis. Then we watched the butterfly come out of the chrysalis. The kids seemed to gain a solid understanding of the order of the lifecycle, which set us up for our next lesson in science. At the very end of April, we got a five caterpillars delivered to us in a cup and we started to write about what we noticed. We put all of these observations and the lifecycle process in a little observation journal. Below are some pictures of the caterpillars when we first got them. I can't emphasize enough how fast this all happened. Even just over the first weekend we had them, they nearly doubled in size. Life is such a wonderful gift and watching these five and six year olds be amazed by things in it makes my job the best that there is.
A little side story, one of the caterpillars fell down just as it made it's chrysalis. Since it was connected to some webbing, I took a safety pin, wound up some of the webbing, and attached it (safely) to the lid. I wasn't sure if he'd make it, but he was actually the first butterfly to emerge! Sad news is that one other chrysalis didn't fully form so he died. :( I guess that's life. Enjoy some pictures and a video of our very own caterpillars coming out of their chrysalises and becoming beautiful butterflies! Here is another video of us letting our butterflies go, today! So cute! Worth the watch!!
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Mrs. KattreI'm a 7th year teacher, with a family of three. Join me on this journey as we learn together and grow together. Archives
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