We have been checking the plants in our garden every day for growth and change; today we discovered holes in our broccoli leaves. “What is doing that?” With hand magnifiers, the children looked for the reason why. They found seven green caterpillars busily eating.

While the plant was not so happy, this was great news for us. The kids had wanted to get some caterpillars. So, carefully, we removed the whole plant,  potted it and moved the plant and the caterpillars into their new netted home.

Everyone was surprised when we came in the next day. “What happened to the plant?” The caterpillars had eaten most of the big leaves down to the spine. Also, just like in the story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, our caterpillars weren’t little anymore.

We sat and watched as they climbed three feet to the top of the cylinder and attached themselves to the plastic top. It was a long climb and the children cheered them on. And there they have stayed. We predicted that they are making their cocoons but we aren’t sure. Tomorrow we will check again to see what happens.

The other amazing thing that happened was that, this afternoon there were flowers on the paper white narcissus that weren’t even buds this morning. Spring here is everywhere and we are on the look out for more signs. Will algae grow in our clear bottle of water? Will the avocado seeds sprout? Will the flower on the lemon tree turn into a lemon? The slow days in our winter garden are certainly over.

CHILDREN’S CENTER PRESCHOOL

Aka Worldspeak Multilingual CDC

Daily Snack Schedule 3/22-26

Monday Morning

Grapes, cheddar cheese, wheat thins, apple juice

Monday Afternoon

Bananas, goldfish, cran-raspberry  juice

Tuesday Morning

Bananas, Oats and honey bars, cheese, grape juice

Tuesday Afternoon

Oranges, Vanilla and Strawberry yogurt, water with orange juice squeezed in

Wednesday Morning

Orange juice/ yogurt smoothies with bananas and strawberries, animal crackers,

Wednesday Afternoon

Tangerines, string cheese, crackers, grape juice

Thursday Morning

Pineapple, hard-boiled eggs, crackers, apple juice

Thursday Afternoon

Apples, cheddar cheese, crackers, apple juice

Friday Morning

Grapefruit, oranges, and apple pieces,  string cheese, animal crackers, apple juiceTweet