February 29th 2012

 Luke is pretty handy with the hammer and nail! 

 Working together in the sandpit!

 Practicing using the scissors

 Emily the butterfly whisperer

 Georgia lends a helping hand at mat time

 Do I have something in my hair??

 Just sitting, watching the world go by..

An artist in the making! 

February 16

 It's painting time in the Weka room!

 Using the electric drill! go Sam!

 Water play

 Making the new dinosaur puzzle

 Making a home for our froggie visitor! Thanks George (it was found in his swimming pool)!

 Learning to hypothesizing and experiment with making 'strawberry juice' 

Caterpillar to chrysalis

 First the caterpillar hangs in a 'J' shape...

 Then it finally moves around and stretches itself out just before the chrysalis making process happens...

 The caterpillar's skin splits from the head and underneath is what will be the emerald green chrysalis!

 The caterpillar wriggles and wriggles it's skin up it's body

 Until the skin reaches the end, then it falls off!

 The chrysalis spends the next few minutes wriggling and wriggling, until it makes itself into the proper chrysalis shape.

We had a look at and compared a chrysalis that had formed a few days ago and the new chrysalis, to see what it would eventually look like!

Just a few more minutes and it will be ready!



Now we wait and watch as underneath a beautiful butterfly forms!