Busy Builders in Mariposa

“I” is for igloos and islands We are a third into the alphabet already! In the spirit of our sound study and architecture unit, the children enjoyed an igloo making project. First, they watched a short video to see the process of building a real igloo. Then, we pretended the paper was ice that we […]

Goodbye Insects, Hello Architects!

Hello, Mariposa families! Bugs have continued to fascinate the Mariposa children. In the Bug Lab, we watched our monarch caterpillars nearly double in size each day, until finally one courageous caterpillar crawled up the side of the enclosure, formed a “J” shape, and built a chrysalis overnight! We marveled at how brave a caterpillar must […]