Butterflies in Ganon Aleph

All of the early childhood classes received caterpillars for their classrooms last week.  The children in Ganon Aleph watched intently how much they ate, and how rapidly they grew.  After each one formed a chrysalis, we transferred them into their butterfly habitat.  The children eagerly watched and waited in anticipation for all of them to turn into butterflies.  Sure enough, early this week they were excited to enter the classroom and see butterflies fluttering around their habitat!  We watched them for a couple of days, and then took them outdoors to release them.  The children called out, "Shalom parpar!" as each one flew away!

Ganon Bet Measures With Their Caterpillars

Ready to go and measure!

Wow, my caterpillar is as wide as the lunch table!

My caterpillar is as long as the table!

My caterpillar fits the size of the seat in the shul!

I'm wrapped up in my caterpillar!

The Very Hungry Caterpillars in Gan Gimmel

[Teacher's note: May is blogging month. In honor of this, we are teaching the children about writing a blog post. This post was worked on by Tamar Ginsberg, Atara Pickett, Yehuda Farajun, and Ruthie Schranz.  The children decided what they would like to write about and then typed it up on an IPad. We hope you enjoy their first blog post. Please be sure to comment as the children are checking periodically for feedback. Thanks!]

We got caterpillars in Gan  Gimmel. They are turning into butterflies. They will roll themselves into a chrysalis and they will stay there for a few days and then they will turn into a butterfly. If they turn into a butterfly they will be beautiful. Right now they are eating food that looks like peanut butter but it's not. It's food for caterpillars. They move slowly. We are going to watch them until they turn into butterflies.