From Caterpillar to Butterfly

A few weeks back the Garden Toddlers found two caterpillars in the garden while picking vegetables.  They brought them into the Cottage classroom and made a home for them.  The teachers and children fed them and watched them daily until over this past weekend the caterpillars formed their chrysalis. During nap time yesterday, one of the chrysalis’ opened up and out popped a beautiful butterfly!  Everyone was so excited and very interested in investigating the butterfly before releasing it in the garden where they had found the caterpillars.  We are still waiting for the other chrysalis to open up!

Kelly

Toddler Mural

During work time the Cottage and Terrace toddlers worked together to create a mural by using paint and sponges.  The activity was set up in the Terrace classroom which allowed children to choose if they wanted to paint or engage in a different area between the two classrooms.  The children who made the choice to paint were observed using the following Key Developmental Indicators:

Approaches to Learning-Initiative, self-help

Social and Emotional Development-Relationships with peers, playing with others, group participation

Physical Development-Moving parts of the body

Communication, Language, and Literacy-Listening and responding, non verbal communication, two way communication, speaking

Cognitive Development-Exploring objects, exploring more, cause and effect

Creative Arts-Exploring art materials

The teachers are currently working on a display for the mural.  Stay tuned! 

-Kelly