Nature is all around us, we breathe fresh air, have the opportunities to connect our mind, body and spirit while we explore our true wonders. This past month our classroom has explored nature and wildlife. Now here’s our story of how we got there. During our time outside, the children are running around, laughing with their friends, creating dramatic play in the sandbox and swinging on the hammock. Until we hear a friend gasp, they have found a caterpillar! All the children immediately raced over to take a peek, the children made an observation that the caterpillar was very fluffy, but they wanted to take a deeper look! I asked the children. “What should we put the caterpillar in?” Some friends, had the idea of making a home out of sticks and leaves for the caterpillar, others found magnifying glass jars where we can have the opportunity to look deeper at the caterpillar. Everyone got to take turns holding the jar, picking names for our new friend. The preschoolers engaged well by this learning opportunity and they wanted to extend on it, that’s when we brought the opportunity of creating an open-ended art experience where the children can make their own caterpillars! The art experience is around our classroom walls, are endless of colour and unique to their own expression. A couple days go by and the children are still talking about butterflies and we got a great question from peer and they wanted to know how do butterflies come along. Together as a group we read stories like the very hungry caterpillar, learn about the lifecycle of a butterfly, and how to protect their habitat!