Thursday, March 31, 2011

THIS IS WHY I LOVE HOMESCHOOLING! (look at our new Science lesson)

We were out on our patio 2 days ago and found a caterpillar, so I scooped him up and put him in our bug catcher with a stick wedged inside hoping it would turn into a crystalis, guess what, it did!

This all within 2 days! same caterpillar!



Then yesterday we found another caterpillar - same species! Look at him!

This morning it started thrashing back and forth and than it's head fell off! What a blessing to get to watch!
Looking forward to watching the full cycle & releasing them! I have to go out & get a butterfly house!



 
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13 comments:

  1. Anne - Mommy Has to WorkMarch 31, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    That is cool!! My daughter's preschool class does that sometimes. Can't wait to see more pictures!

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  2. TiciaMarch 31, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    I'm debating about what sort of bug we want to order to watch change this year.

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  3. Goat GalMarch 31, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    Super cool!

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  4. StacieMarch 31, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    That is awesome. I can't wait for spring to come so we can do stuff like this too.

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  5. Ask Ms RecipeMarch 31, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    I use to home school daughter and did many projects, so awesome.

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  6. Stef April 1, 2011 at 3:02 PM

    wow - we've always wanted to do an in-house butterfly study!

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  7. JulieApril 1, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    Very cool!

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  8. Jamie {See Jamie blog}April 2, 2011 at 9:42 AM

    How cool! I never can seem to find them at the right time, so we are going to order ours. We did this a couple of years ago and it was pretty fascinating, so my girls are asking to do it again.

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  9. KayApril 2, 2011 at 10:08 AM

    oh we want to do this so badly, did you get the kit all together? how exciting!! i am looking forward to keeping my eye on this!!

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  10. Lisa @ Our Country RoadApril 3, 2011 at 2:49 AM

    Very cool!!

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  11. PhyllisApril 3, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    I love your photos. This is a very exciting experience for kids and I think it is wonderful how you have documented it.

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  12. Tracey M.April 4, 2011 at 11:56 PM

    I absolutely love sharing the joy of watching a caterpillar change to a butterfly. We were blessed too last fall with a Monarch. My link is below in case you're interested! Happy watching!

    http://lantytracey.blogspot.com/2010/10/our-butterfly-emerged.html

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  13. UnknownApril 5, 2011 at 6:13 AM

    Great pictures!! And a very cool science lesson indeed :)

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