Studying monarch butterflies

We started our science investigations this year by observing and learning about monarch butterflies. We had three caterpillars at one of our explore tables that quickly made chrysalises, which is where they will be for the next several days before they emerge as butterflies! We observed them each day and wrote our observations in our science journals. We also got to visit the garden with one of our garden parent volunteers, where we learned about the butterfly life cycle and migration route, plus got to release recently hatched butterflies! Below are some pictures of our explorations.

First week of kindergarten!

We had a great first week of kindergarten! Below are some pictures of the students on their first day of school. Please let me know if you'd like a copy of one of these!

We also spent time exploring the classroom, learned how to find and put away materials, read stories,  observed the monarch caterpillars, and wrote a class book on how we felt on the first day. We'll do more of this next week as well!