Our Classroom Visitor

Yesterday Alexis found a caterpillar outside and asked if we could bring it into our classroom. We said, "YES!" We asked the students what they think a caterpillar needs to survive. We decided to grab a container and put some holes in the lid so the caterpillar can breathe. During outdoor play some of the students gathered leaves and twigs to put inside the container. We watched a video that showed us that caterpillars like to eat leaves and form their chrysalis on twigs. 

This morning when the students came inside they went straight to look at our caterpillar. We couldn't find the caterpillar! Many of the students had the same question, "Where did our caterpillar go?" We became detectives today! We took out some magnifying glasses to take a closer look. 

Some of our friends had their own thoughts about what had happened.

"Maybe it turned into a chrysalis" - Charlotte

"It think it got on the ground and went outside" - Justin

"How could it do that with the lid on it?" - Guiliana

"It could have went in the holes" - Senna

"I think the caterpillar is camouflaged" - Senna

"I think someone in EDP took him out" - Ryan

We found the caterpillar!

We found the caterpillar between two leaves. It looks like it might be forming a chrysalis.