July 2024
Our Class Caterpillar!
Last week H’s family brought two caterpillars into our program! This sparked lots of conversation between the children.
“He’s like a rainbow!” - B
“He’s black, yellow, and white” - K
“That’s a little caterpillar and that’s a big caterpillar” - L
We had a group gathering with the children to discuss our new friend. We asked the children what they think a caterpillar needs for a house.
“A cage and some food in there” - W
“Wood“ - M
“Pears and apples” - Le
“Some leaves” - E
“They eat leaves” - H
“If we put 100 leaves in there, the caterpillar would eat them and then grow from the floor to the ceiling.” He
“They need a cage, that's where he plays with his friends.” - W
We also asked the children what they know about caterpillars.
“Caterpillars go into a cocoon and turn into a big butterfly!” W
“It grow!” - Ho
“He is a caterpillar and he is getting into a cocoon. A cocoon covers the caterpillar and turns into a butterfly and that one too but he’s sleeping” - S
We placed the caterpillars in a terrarium with a branch and some leaves and flowers that the children collected from outside. The next day the big caterpillar started to hang off of the branch and went into its cocoon during rest time! The children check on the caterpillars everyday and discuss what changes they notice.
“When he turns into a butterfly we’ll have to let him go outside because butterflies live outside because all the butterfly friends live outside” - E
The children can’t wait to see what happens to our caterpillar friends next!
Miranda Lange RECE, Alesha Spirka RECE
