Milkweed and a monarch chrysalis for Marquez

Today I bought a milkweed plant in bloom for our garden. Then I visited a friend who showed me two monarch caterpillars and two chrysalis. She gave me one for Marquez which the kids can see next week. They'll hopefully see the butterfly emerge!

Kindergarteners learn about monarchs and milkweed

This week the kindergarteners learned about the relationship between monarch butterflies and milkweed when they listened to the story, "Monarchs and Milkweed" by Helen Frost. They'll be getting their own milkweed plant soon. In another example of how gardening class reinforces regular classroom studies, they happen to be raising caterpillars this month!