Introducing...Star Light, Buzz, Alex, Mango and Hairy Caterpillar!

On Friday afternoon we to got a special delivery - caterpillars!  Kindergarten has been learning about insects and what better way to extend this learning then to watch caterpillars change into butterflies.  Today we learned that this is called metamorphosis.  We have 5 caterpillars which Kindergarten wanted to name. The names are: Starlight, Buzz, Alex, Mango and Hairy Caterpillar!  After about 7 days the caterpillars will eat up all of the food in their cup, climb to the top and attach themselves to the underside of the lid.  There they will hang in a "J" shape, shed their exoskeletons one last time and harden into chrysalides.  In another 7-10 days, the butterflies will emerge from the chrysalides - how exciting!  Mr. D also shared an empty beehive and bee that he found with us.  Kindergarten enjoyed getting a safe, upclose look at a real bee hive.