Happy Birthday Tyler!! What a busy week it has been learning about caterpillars/butterflies. We have spent lots of time talking about the life-cycle of a butterfly. We have read many books that helped us visualize and understand how they begin life as an egg, hatch to become a caterpillar and then spend some time in their chrysalis before they emerge as a beautiful butterfly! Our favorite book (by far) was The Very Hungry Caterpillar....below you will see some pictures of our retelling of the story with flannel board pieces. We read a lot of non-fiction books about butterflies and caterpillars...and learned some really cool information! Did you know that butterflies taste with their feet? Or that the smallest butterfly is the size of a thumbnail? Or that a newborn caterpillars first meal is its own egg shell? Now you know! There was lots happening at the art table this week! We finished the last of our artwork pages for the portfolios. We assembled a butterfly life cycle project, painted at the easel and we created a caterpillar from The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We have sent home our seeds that we have been germinating! They are planted in a little cup...but might not stay to happy that way for too long if you really want to grow them!
Here is some information that will help! Northern white beans are a bean that you harvest after the pods are dry and can store long term. This bean plant is a bush variety with a semi-vining, upright position that keeps pods from touching the ground. Great northern white beans are a determinate vegetable that grows to a height of about 2 feet tall and then stops growing in height. Water to keep the soil evenly moist. Do not let the soil dry between irrigations. Replant in a larger pot or in the ground when the plants reach 6 inches in height. (Or right away, if you have a garden!) Allow beans to grow for 65 to 90 days to maturity. Check the bean pods during this time to monitor the size of beans in the pods. When the pods become dry and the beans are enlarged in the pods, they are ready to harvest. The tops of the bean plants become dry and start to wilt or loose leaves. Pull each bean pod off the plants when the pods are very dry. You can test a pod by pressing your thumbnails along the crease. When the pod sides pull away easily, the pods are ready to shell. Shell the dry beans from the pods. Store the dry beans in a cool, dry area in airtight containers.
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