Live Butterfly Garden

One of the best projects for schools and children at home is a Live Butterfly Garden because it's absolutely a great educational tool for the kids and the transformation of the butterflies is fascinating to people of all ages. It's captivating for everyone to watch the caterpillar shed their skin, build the chrysalis, and to finally emerge and a stunning and wonderful butterfly. These gardens are not only a great teaching tool, they are simply a pleasure to own and to encourage young children to learn about biology and nature.

Contents of the Garden Kit

There are a variety of resources available that will help teachers and parents create a garden, and the easiest is the butterfly kit. These pavilions come in different sizes ranging from two to three feet in height. Some are longer or wider depending on the number of butterflies that will be raised in these pavilions. Generally these kits start with five or six caterpillars plus instruction on the care and feeding of these larvae. It also comes with a list of food that the children can provide the caterpillars.

Benefits

There are so many benefits to having a garden of these lovely creatures are that it teaches children so much about nature and science. The greatest benefit to this is that the kids will love watching these great creatures and will learn so much - which they won't even realize they are learning so much. Using these live butterflies can inspire them to become lepidopterist and have a life long profession.

In addition to learning about nature, these gardens teach the children responsibility of caring for a live creature. They learn the types of food that the butterflies need, the frequency at which they need to be fed, and how to care for them during the time they are ensconced in the chrysalis. Once the butterflies emerge, they will learn what foods these wonderful creatures eat, and how to care for them..

Purchasing Garden Kits

There are a variety of places where the gardens can be purchased, and one of the easiest is the internet. There are a variety of prices that start at very reasonable ranges and go to the more elaborate butterfly gardens that are more suited for the classrooms with a variety of caterpillars included. Most include the pavilion, instructions, and coupons for the actually caterpillars - they are not generally shipped with the live caterpillars. There are many sizes, styles, and colors available.

Art and History Significance

Another benefit to purchasing these gardens is that students can also learn about the significance of butterflies in history and symbolism across different cultures; therefore, it's not just about science and nature. Butterflies are symbolic in many cultures; some representing a good prophecy, others a frightful premonition, while other cultures see it as a blessing from God.

Many cultures use these creatures in artwork, and that can inspire students to study how they are used to provide and inspire art. A Live Butterfly Garden can be an adventure in learning that is inspired by these spectacular and amazing creatures.