Why The Live Butterfly Garden Is Good For Children
Science and nature are a very big part of our lives. Children are like sponges and they love to learn through action. You can easily teach your child about nature and science by going on outings to parks and ponds. Show your child how the birds are collecting twigs for their nest or how the tadpoles are going to transform to frogs.
The more interesting and exciting you make learning the more they will retain. The live butterfly garden is one of my favorite ways to teach children about nature and science.
The live butterfly garden is a new experience for children. It is not often they can observe a caterpillar turn into a butterfly.
I have a friend who every year in the early spring she buys her nieces a butterfly garden so they can watch them grow. About three days after the butterflies emerge, they all get together and all set the butterflies free.
Her nieces have learned two things. The first is the life of a caterpillar and the second is a lesson that is very hard for kids, letting something go that you love. Aside from learning, those girls have those happy memories for the rest of their lives.
My son’s preschool had a live butterfly garden and he liked it so much that that was all I heard about for weeks.
What’s a live butterfly garden?
A live butterfly garden is a kit you can buy that includes five to six caterpillar larvae surrounded by the food that they will need to grow and it comes with a mesh net.
Then what?
The larvae turn into Caterpillars and the children can watch as they build their cocoon and emerge into butterflies. The whole process takes two to three weeks so make sure you don’t buy it in the winter because after about three days you’ll need to set the butterflies free so that they can get food.
The live butterfly garden is not the only way to teach your child about nature. It just offers a close up view of the whole process. There are many other free ways to help your child learn the wonders of science and nature.
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