As our class is intensely connected to and interested in the nature around them, we brought catterpillars into our classroom.  We will watch the progression as they metamorphosis into a butterfly. We are reviewing and discovering for ourselves all the stages of this miraculous process.  
Some of the reactions to this new center in our class:

Wow!!!! 

What is it?

 Why do we have them?

Look this one is moving!

This one is sleeping!

When will they turn to a butterfly? 

How will they eat?

We will attempt to answer all of these questions and wonder along with the children. 

We introduced the caterpillar calendar. A calendar which will help us understand all the changes that the caterpillars are going through.  We will mark each day. are they still small? did they grow? did the make the chrysalises? Etc.  Morah Estee and Sara