What a week! We've got a LOT going on in our little classroom.
I found a farmer at Morning Sound Farm who was willing to sell us fertilized chicken eggs. They should hatch in just over two weeks.
Our caterpillars also arrived. We've each named one and we are busy watching them grow and change. Some of them will be in their chrysalis sometime next week.
Here we are, learning about paper and how it's made. Did you know that paper can be made out of banana peels? Did you know that some paper is made in a pot bigger than our classroom?!
We also officially started learning about the
butterfly life cycle. We looked at pictures and props before acting out the
stages. Did you know a caterpillar pops its head off as it gets too big
for it?! It sheds its head five times before building its
chrysalis. Another interesting fact: a butterfly isn't just a caterpillar
with wings. When it enters its chrysalis, it breaks down into black goo,
a pile of cells which rebuilds itself into a whole new creature, the butterfly.
We are eggs that have
been laid on a leaf.
We are the size of the
period at the end of this sentence.
We've come out of our
eggs and we are little caterpillars who spend our days
eating, pooping(!),
and resting. We also pop our heads off as we outgrow them.
We are spinning our silk chrysalises as we dangle under a
leaf. We break down into black goo before rebuilding ourselves as
butterflies.
We emerge and pump
coloured ink into our wings and wait for
them to dry before we
can fly.
We stand on a flower and taste with our feet! Then we unroll our proboscis and slurp up the nectar like we are drinking through a straw.
Then we lay new eggs and the life cycle starts over again.
We love to observe and play with
our caterpillars. They are getting long and fat.
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