Butterfly
Caterpillar Chrysalis Butterfly!!! Sylvie noticed a butterfly flutter by. Look Margot a butterfly! An orange butterfly! Sylvie rushed
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Today is the Woodland Walk . . .
One morning — a surprise — our basket is not filled with choices. Rather, it holds six milkweed pods, each housing a scrolled message. “It’s the Woodland Walk on Halloween! It’s so amazing!” Chester Snack
Reconstructing a Butterfly Habitat
We are working together to recreate a powerful experience. Through myriad materials, we are inviting the children to share their understanding of the metamorphic process of the monarch butterfly. Milkweed… Eggs… Emerging caterpillars… As we
A Visit From Skip.
Jane’s grandfather, Skip, came to share his butterfly collection with us. He shared stories and information. Through questions, observations, and drawings, we learned about butterflies. What are the moths before they hatch? LYLA Why is
“I think he’s really ready to go.”
“He’s flapping his wings. He’s trying to fly.” “I’m going to see the next one released!” CHESTER “We have to change the number again.” Lyla 38 + 1 = 39 butterflies released from Studio Red! “Next
“It’s One of Ours”
“I just saw a butterfly.”–Sylvie Do you think it was one of ours? “I wish they could talk so they could tell us if they were ours or another.”–Sylvie
“We are trying to measure…”
We are trying to measure how long that stick is on the milkweed. SEVI We will make one as long as it is. VIVIAN To see if it is as tall as Lauri and Emily. LYLA
Waiting for Wings
Our long awaited butterflies nestled safely in their chrysalises finally began showing signs of emerging. Watching closely as we wait… “Caterpillars make chrysalises and moths make cocoons.”–Margot “No, caterpillars make cocoons. The book I read said
“…for every butterfly we release.”
“I know what we can do. We can get a jar and write ‘butterfly jar’ and put the pieces inside. For every butterfly we release we add another chip in the jar and we write that