Milkweed

We have a looping class which started together in kindergarten and is now in second grade. We read __Prince of the Butterflies__ in kindergarten and became interested in habitat preservation for monarch butterflies. The children learned by raising monarchs from eggs that the caterpillars will only eat milkweed and the adult monarchs will only lay eggs on milkweed for this reason. We made several attempts to plant milkweed seeds with no luck. This year with the help of a learn and serve grant the second graders purchased milkweed seedlings and planted them (over 400 of them!!). A garden camp at our school will care for them over the summer. We hope to have milkweed and happy wild monarch butterflies next year.
 * __Milkweed Project__**