Te Whariki- Exploration/Mana Aoturoa- children develop working theories about the living world and knowledge of how to care for it.
Looking at the life cycles of our amphibious and fluttery friends.
We began our biology based focus by looking at the journey of a frog- from egg, to tadpole, to froglet, to frog. The older tamariki created life cycles, thinking carefully before adding each part of the cycle in correct developmental order. All of the children enjoyed observing small replicas of each life cycle stage represented in a watery aquarium set up.
The following week, we explored the life cycle of the Monarch butterfly. The tamariki listened to and looked at a variety of non-fiction books depicting the stages from egg to caterpillar, to chrysalis, to emerging butterfly. Some beautiful butterfly themed artwork was created.