Busy builders, bug hunters and learners

This week our play focus has had a technological focus.  We have been learning how technology can be used to help humans and that there is a design process to follow.

We have used different tools to build in the sandpit and at the carpentry table, we have designed our own towers and fashion and we have even used toasters and tools to make yummy toast in the morning.

We have loved watching our caterpillars transform themselves into cocoons over the past week and are excited to see them become butterflies.  Mr Bach has shown us how to tag the butterflies.  When we tag a butterfly we are able to track where they travel and how far, we are loving being a part of a real-life science investigation.









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