Here at Oanaka @ Riverside, we recently got some new swan plants for each of our three rooms. Each plant had a few baby caterpillars on it already. It has been awsome seeing the childrens fascination with the caterpillars and the life cycle of the butterfly - some of us were even lucky enough to see the caterpillars turn into a chrysialis and watch the butterfly hatch out a week or so later! Each butterfly had a big send off as we took the plant outside with all the children, we watched and waved as it flapped its wings and flew away!
We are also planning on getting a few hens for our centre aswell so we are looking forward to learning about a new life cycle with the children and learning more about how to care for different animals!
