Fairwell to our first Monarch Butterfly!

 

October 29, 2011

Finally, our first Monarch Butterfly emerged yesterday around 10:30 am. Practically, all the classes were able to experience when it came out. It is a process that takes several hours before the butterfly could actually fly. Once she was ready we release her back to nature. The students enjoy those close up moments with the Monarch prior to her departure. Here are some pictures of that moment. Enjoy!

A Sphinx Moth visiting our Garden.

See the pictures and read the captions on them. Make comments come on!

Here you can actually see the wings of the Monarch Butterfly. One day before she actually came out Oct. 27

Close up picture of another chrysalis.

One very funny caterpillar decided to make its Chrysalis in this plastic container.

Another close picture of the formation inside the Chrysalis of the butterfly.

Can anyone help us find out the  name of this tree? It is all over Doral.

Another picture of the mystery tree.

Mystery tree?

This is how tall this mystery tree can get.

From the mystery tree.

Once again the tree.

Here it is! The Monarch finally came out of the chrysalis after 12 days. She is preparing her wings to fly in this resting position.

Another close up picture!

A distance picture from the Monarch Butterfly.

It will stay there for awhile and pump blood through the veins in its wings and allow the air to dry them.

Actual blood that comes out of the butterfly so that it can finally fly after the liquid dry from its wings.

Now, once she is ready to go outside. She will fly away and look for its first sip of nectar and begin its search for a mate. A female butterfly will lay eggs and the life cycle will start all over again.

First Grade- Recycled paper experienced.

October 27, 2011

Dear Parents:

Yesterday, the whole first grade class had the chance of creating recycled paper. The first step of blending newspaper with water was already in process for at least 8 days by now. What they did differently from creating the other batches of paper was adding two-food coloring: red and yellow and mixing the pulp with different sorts of dry potpourri. The longer the mix stays in the water, the texture gets the appearance of juice pulp or cake mass. As expected they had a blast, they particularly enjoyed touching the pulp formed by the newspaper, water and time. This sort of activity helps them strength their fine motor skills and listening skills since they have to follow a process to accomplish an end result. Here are some of the pictures. Here are some of the pictures for you to enjoy. Until the next one!

 

Caterpillar that decided to do its Pupa/Chrysalis on a plastic container.