On Wednesday, Molly and I went on a field trip with our homeschooling group to Peck Farm. We had a class on metamorphasis that focused on the butterfly. It was so much fun! The teacher was great and she made it very interactive:) The kids identified all of the body parts of a butterfly, put an egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly in sequential order, and heard a great story about the migration of the Monarch butterfly (which Molly is still reciting days later!). After that, we went outside with large nets and small, plastic specimen jars and went on a bug hunt. We found lots of crickets, grasshoppers, and milkweed bugs, but it was too windy for the butterflies that day. Peck Farm has a butterfly house, though, so the kids got to go in there and be surrounded by them. We had large laminated cards so that we could try to find all of the different varieties. It was an amazing afternoon and a reminder of how lucky I am to be able to be there to experience these things with my daughter. I wouldn't trade it for anything. I am grateful to live in a state that embraces homeschooling and that so many organizations are supporting us in our efforts to educate our daughter:)
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