KinderGARDEN Bake Sale

Yesterday we helped to host our hugely successful bake sale to raise money for our KinderGARDEN planting supplies.  Thanks to all of our families who donated baking and sent money with their kids, we made $500!  We are so excited that we far exceeded our goals.

Peek at Our Week - Paper, Butterflies, and Chicks!

What a week!  We've got a LOT going on in our little classroom.

I found a farmer at Morning Sound Farm who was willing to sell us fertilized chicken eggs.  They should hatch in just over two weeks.

Our caterpillars also arrived.  We've each named one and we are busy watching them grow and change.  Some of them will be in their chrysalis sometime next week.

Here we are, learning about paper and how it's made. Did you know that paper can be made out of banana peels?  Did you know that some paper is made in a pot bigger than our classroom?!

We also officially started learning about the butterfly life cycle. We looked at pictures and props before acting out the stages.  Did you know a caterpillar pops its head off as it gets too big for it?!  It sheds its head five times before building its chrysalis.  Another interesting fact: a butterfly isn't just a caterpillar with wings.  When it enters its chrysalis, it breaks down into black goo, a pile of cells which rebuilds itself into a whole new creature, the butterfly.

We are eggs that have been laid on a leaf.  

We are the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

We've come out of our eggs and we are little caterpillars who spend our days 

eating, pooping(!), and resting. We also pop our heads off as we outgrow them.

We are spinning our silk chrysalises as we dangle under a leaf.  We break down into black goo before rebuilding ourselves as butterflies. 

We emerge and pump coloured ink into our wings and wait for 

them to dry before we can fly. 

We stand on a flower and taste with our feet!  Then we unroll our proboscis and slurp up the nectar like we are drinking through a straw.

Then we lay new eggs and the life cycle starts over again.

We love to observe and play with our caterpillars.  They are getting long and fat.  

The Integrated Arts - DANCE!

This week we had our first visit with our 'The Integrated Arts' artist.  Her name is Rebecca and she is a contemporary dancer. We worked on high, medium and low dance levels, speed, and rhythm. We also danced through the life-cycle of a butterfly, including resting in our chrysalises. 

Music Monday and Farm Field Trip

Last week was very, very full!  We started with Music Monday.  Here are some shots of our little cuties in action.  It all started with a talent show in the gym and then after recess we did twelve different music stations.  It was lots of fun.

On Wednesday we had an amazing day at Morning Sound Farm.  Here are our farm pictures.  We had a GREAT day. Here are some of the things we did:

Bonus Sleeping Pic - The farm tired them out!