Butterflies?!

Each year in May and June, the kindergarten classes spend time studying and 'hatching' butterflies.  We also plant herbs, vegetables and flowers in our Kinder Garden.  When a Bannatyne parent (Madame Laurel Rose) offered some milkweed seeds to our classes, we jumped on the opportunity to combine the two themes for what promises to be an amazing spring.  All four classes will have the chance to prep the seeds for frost, to help them germinate when the ground starts to thaw, and to finally plant them to create a home and food supply for our own 'pet' caterpillars and butterflies.  Here are pictures of Madame Laurel presenting the seeds to the classes.