Fuzzy the Caterpillar’s Search for Food

The children noticed that Fuzzy, our caterpillar, ate a lot of leaves and his home looked like it needed a little care. Matthew (from the Earth group) joined Wind group today and everyone was eager to share their knowledge and excitement about the caterpillar. We checked the leaves inside his home and found that all of them had little bites! 

Matthew "The caterpillar likes leaves. He is very wiggly and soft to the touch." 

Sofia " Oh look, fuzzy is climbing the new stick. He likes it."

Sofia "Fuzzy needs more leaves." 

We all took a short walk to the forest to collect more leaves and sticks. The children noticed that Fuzzy loves sticks. His colours are similar to the sticks and it seems like that is where he likes to spend his time. At first glance, it is very hard to spot him. 

Trystan "He's camouflaged."

From this statement, the children showed an understanding that some insects use plants to camouflage themselves from other animals.

Jason "Like birds. Birds like to eat bugs"