Live Butterfly Garden

Giving a child a live butterfly garden kit will not only teach them about nature but it will create a special memory for them to cherish for the rest of their lives. To get the most out of your live butterfly garden kit you should actively participate in all aspects of it.

This would include discussing with your child what the caterpillar is doing when it builds a cocoon, admiring the beautiful butterflies that emerge, and setting the butterflies free together. This will allow you and your child to spend time together doing something exciting and new. It will also help feed your child's imagination while teaching them about the world they live in.

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 live butterfly garden is a new experience for children. It is not often they can observe a caterpillar turn into a butterfly.

One of my friends buys her nieces a live butterfly garden every year. The girls love to watch them change from caterpillars to butterflies and then about three days after the butterflies emerge from their cocoon they all get together and make a big production about setting them free.

The girls have not only learned about nature but they have also learned that sometimes it is necessary to let go of the things you love. Plus the memories will last a lifetime.

They have live butterfly gardens at my son's preschool and every day that was the first thing he would show me. He talked about it for weeks.

A live butterfly garden comes with a mesh cage and 5-6 larvae that will turn into caterpillars and then into butterflies. All of the food that will be needed is provided.

Then what?

The children get to watch the whole process of how caterpillars turn into butterflies. It is truly amazing to kids how a caterpillar can change from something that crawls around to something beautiful that can fly. This really gets kids imaginations going.

The butterfly garden offers children a close up of the entire process but it is not the only way to teach your child. Teaching your child about nature should be fun and exciting but it does not have to cost a thing.