Last week we released our butterflies in the courtyard garden. Most of them were eager to spread their wings and explore their new habitat, but a few needed a little encouragement. The children were able to see some of the butterfly body parts more clearly as they landed on flowers and explored the garden. (You will notice in the photos we have our hands outstretched hoping that a butterfly might land on one!) We are now very excited anytime we spot a painted lady butterfly when we are outside, and wonder if it could be one of ours!
June 2, 2010
Goodbye Butterflies!
Last week we released our butterflies in the courtyard garden. Most of them were eager to spread their wings and explore their new habitat, but a few needed a little encouragement. The children were able to see some of the butterfly body parts more clearly as they landed on flowers and explored the garden. (You will notice in the photos we have our hands outstretched hoping that a butterfly might land on one!) We are now very excited anytime we spot a painted lady butterfly when we are outside, and wonder if it could be one of ours!
Royal Reader!
A Royal Reader Birthday Surprise!
Royal Reader!
Royal Readers!
Wow, I cannot believe we are nearing the end of the year so quickly! I apologize for my absence on the blog... I have been playing catch up and just remembered I have not updated the blog in a while. My apologies!! We were visited in the last couple of weeks by several Royal Readers- the first was an aunt who was visiting town and dropped in to surprise her nephew as a Royal Reader! She even got into character as she read us the book, "Strega Nona". Thank you for visiting our class!
May 13, 2010
Exciting caterpillar news!
Today, we had the most amazing experience with a caterpillar in our class! While we were observing, one student noticed that her caterpillar was starting to change into a chrysalis, so we rushed over to her desk and were able to observe this change happening first hand! I've not been able to witness this change while it's actually happening in the past, and I am so glad we were able to see this as it was happening!
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