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Ms. Hick's first grade class has been studying the life cycle of the butterfly.
Just is case this is new to you, it starts with a butterfly laying eggs, which eventually hatch into caterpillars. The caterpillars eat and grow. When it's time for them to transform, they they spin a chrysalis around themselves to stay protected. Finally the new butterfly breaks out into the world of sun, flowers, food, and more butterflies.
The kids learned about this marvelous transformation in many ways. They read about it, of course. Ms. Hicks explained the facts. They also experienced the best kind of learning. They watched the process with their own eyes!
They had a butterfly garden.
They could watch the caterpillars eat and grow.
They could see the caterpillars spin their protective sacs. They also got to see them hatch!
What's next?
