Our first butterfly

This morning our first butterfly started to hatch as the children were arriving at school. It started out with very small wings which slowly it stretched out and began to dry out.

We moved the swan plant outside near our bags out of the way of the wind and it continued to flap throughout the day. The children enjoyed watching as it attempted to fly but many times would need some assistance to get back to a safe place.
Today for writing we wrote about what we saw and what happened. On Friday we will be publishing these wonderful stories. Be sure to come in and check them out!
It has been a very exciting experience to watch these butterflies start as eggs grow into VERY hungry catterpillars requiring a lot of food, watching them become chyrsalis' and now having our first butterfly!