What a very exciting week we are having! Our caterpillars have arrived and the children seem very excited about them. Each day they observe the caterpillars and look at the changes they have made. We talked about the life cycle of a butterfly using objects and language cards. We also read my favorite childhood story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carl. The children learned new vocabulary: eggs, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly, and metamorphosis. Ask them to repeat metamorphosis!

On Tuesday, the children had the pleasure to work with our wonderful art teacher, Mrs. Reid. Mrs. Reid invited the children to the zen garden with her to create the most beautiful coffee filter butterflies. The FWM art show will take place the week of May 9th from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. I hope you find a time to visit the school’s art show where the butterflies will be displayed.

We did two food tastings this week. On Wednesday the children tasted a kumquat. Kumquats are a very sour and juicy fruit. My opinion is that they are more sour than a lemon. I hope you enjoy the photos of their sour faces. On Thursday, they tasted an avocado. This one seemed to be well-liked by most.