Thursday, May 23, 2013

Butterflies!

I’m sure you can find better documentation and photos of the caterpillar to butterfly transformation pretty much anywhere.  We’ve been watching our caterpillars grow.  Last week they emerged from their cocoons and we released them this past weekend.  They were ready to fly!

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You can see one caterpillar beginning to hang and form his chrysalis.

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Waiting for the butterflies to emerge.

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Butterflies!

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There are plenty of children’s books and resources about caterpillars and butterflies, but here are a few we’ve enjoyed this week.

Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert

Once There Was a Caterpillar by Judith Anderson and Mike Gordon (ill.)

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