i recently posted on Bear and my journey to grow our own butterflies and our subsequent attempt to let them go. we were attached to one butterfly who was especially dear to us. his name was ginky (named by Bear). either when he was developing or when his wings were drying, they got folded and never unfurled. needless to say, without …
growing butterflies
i’ve always wanted a butTTeRfLY gaRDeN. so when Bear became interested in the life cycle of a caterpillar, i was so excited! i ordered the habitat off of amazon (see here). we had to send away for the caTeRpiLLaRS, plus $5 shipping. it took a little bit longer for them to arrive than i thought, …
the hungry caterpillar display
a huNGrY caTeRpiLLaR + long-haired BeaR = beST fRieNDs the first request? make huNGrY caTeRpiLLaR a buDDy. so we looked at the book. as we read, i commented on how the pictures looked. then over the next few days, this is what we created. first we made a caterpillar eGG… then we set out to make …
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yadybugs and zigzags
little man has a fascination with LaDYbuGs as of lately. i asked him what he wanted to do for our morning preschool time. his reply: “i want to make a yadybug.” ((his L’s come out as Y’s…i’ll miss this when he develops more)) i got out paper, paint, googly eyes, glue, pompom balls, paint daubers, etc, etc. he was …