Our Caterpillar Art Inspired by Eric Carle

The students really wanted to make caterpillars and butterflies because of the new visitors in our classroom. The students painted 3 different papers using different media that made different textures. We had a stamping station using bubble wrap, a dip and dab paint station, a sponge paint station and a water painting station. Once the paint dried, the students traced and cut out circles for their caterpillar's body. The students added a face, legs and spikes to their caterpillars. Don't they look amazing?!

Welcome Caterpillars!

Our class received a mystery package from the office. The box said "FRAGILE" in big, bold, red letters. We made predictions about what was inside. The students thought that it might have been turtles, gerbils or even more fish friends for our pet Bubbles. It turned out that it was caterpillars! The students were so excited and they took turns looking at them under magnifying glasses. After several days, the students noticed that the caterpillars' homes were getting sticky and dirty. They helped to clean them out with q-tips gently. The caterpillars are growing stronger and bigger every day that we are taking care of them!

May 6th: The day we received the caterpillars.

May 11: The caterpillars grew a lot over the weekend!

A student cleaning out the caterpillars' home.

Save Our Forest!

Previously the students created a beautiful forest in our classroom. Many animals came to live in the beautiful forest. One day, a Construction Man showed up and said "I need more wood to build more houses!" He started to cut down our trees. Some of the animals disappeared because there were no more trees to live in. The class decided to write letters to the Construction Man to convince him to stop. They wrote letters with good reasons for him to stop! When the Construction Man read their letters, he decided to stop and he went away. The students then created and "planted" new trees in our forest!