Monday, August 20, 2012
Science lessons
Madeleine got a book at the library about how to make bug habitats. (just what we need!) and we just happened to find a monarch caterpillar the same day! So we made it a habitat with a glass full of water, cotton balls and several sprigs of milkweed. It ate the milkweed for a day, then settled into a spot at the top of the butterfly house. Today it is curled into a J shape ( which happened to be the letter we worked on for handwriting today!) we are excited to see it form a chrysalis and emerge as a monarch butterfly! Madeleine named "her" Alice Mary, which is what she wanted to name her baby sister... So I guess this is the next best thing!
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Ok update. I looked at it hanging upside down right before supper, 10 min later Jp sees that it's totally green!!! How did it do that???
This is one of my favorite activities to do with littles. I did this for two years in a row with my preschool kids and it was so much fun.
Amazon even has a worm and ladybug kit similar to the butterfly habitat.
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