Carie was also an outside helper today. She watered our new grass which really needed it as our temperatures soared into the 90's.For a learning activity she, David and Maggie collected seeds from trees and flowers (the dandelions and violets we are happy to have in our yard). She tore into a yellow dandelion and showed me wear the fuzzy seeds would come from. When I took her to inspect our packaged birdseed she selected a sunflower seed that she wanted to plant. We found a bare spot from last year's garden and planted the seed. She watered it and told me it has all that it needs to grow -- sunshine and water.
Later in the day we read about the life cycle of a sugar maple tree and it echoed her words about the need for sunshine and water. As I read the book time she interrupted me numerous times to ask questions and share her knowledge, particularly about pollination and the role that butterflies play.
She finished up her year at preschool with a unit on butterflies that included watching dozens of caterpillar in the classroom change into butterflies. She also got to take a trip to the Sertoma Butterfly house in Sioux Falls. We visited a couple of weeks later with our whole family and Grandma and Grandpop.
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