| Science and nature are a very big part of our lives. | | | | have also learned that sometimes it is necessary to let |
| Children are like sponges and they love to learn | | | | go of the things you love. Plus the memories will last a |
| through action. You can easily teach your child about | | | | lifetime.My son's preschool had a live butterfly garden |
| nature and science by going on outings to parks and | | | | and he liked it so much that that was all I heard about |
| ponds. Show your child how the birds are collecting | | | | for weeks. |
| twigs for their nest or how the tadpoles are going to | | | | So what does a live butterfly garden entail? |
| transform to frogs. The more interesting and exciting | | | | A live butterfly garden comes with a mesh cage and |
| you make learning the more they will retain. | | | | 5-6 larvae that will turn into caterpillars and then into |
| The live butterfly garden is one of my favorite ways | | | | butterflies. All of the food that will be needed is |
| to teach children about nature and science. Children | | | | provided. |
| love the live butterfly garden because they get to | | | | Then what? |
| experience nature first hand. With it they are able to | | | | The children get to watch the whole process of how |
| see the life of a caterpillar and more importantly let the | | | | caterpillars turn into butterflies. It is truly amazing to kids |
| butterfly go after a few days. | | | | how a caterpillar can change from something that |
| I have a friend who every year in the early spring she | | | | crawls around to something beautiful that can fly. This |
| buys her nieces a butterfly garden so they can watch | | | | really gets kids imaginations going. |
| them grow. About three days after the butterflies | | | | The butterfly garden offers children a close up of the |
| emerge, they all get together and all set the butterflies | | | | entire process but it is not the only way to teach your |
| free. | | | | child. Teaching your child about nature should be fun |
| The girls have not only learned about nature but they | | | | and exciting but it does not have to cost a thing. |