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By Kim Vij

Waiting For Wings: Butterfly Art Project

Young child creating butterfly art project inspired by book Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert

Create butterfly art with your child this spring inspired by the book Waiting for Wings. This butterfly art project combines art and science into a creative STEM activity at home or school. Are you ready to make your own Butterfly Art?  We've been waiting for Wings! Yes, I really mean it! Each day as we walk out the door we're waiting on wings, butterfly wings that it. We found a very simple flower to grow that attracts butterflies, the Zinnia. There are many other plants too ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts Tagged With: Art, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Butterfly, Flowers, grade school, Preschool, science, Spring, Toddler, Virtual Book Club, Virtual Book Club for Kids

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Butterfly Books for Kids

Butterfly Books for Kids

Discover a delightful collection of butterfly books for kids that inspire learning and curiosity about nature. Perfect for preschoolers through elementary-aged children! We love watching butterflies and reading books about them too! In fact, I realized that we have over 10 books about butterflies in our home library. They are such beautiful creatures and we can't seem to get enough of them. I tuck a butterfly book into my purse for our visits to the butterfly garden. I will gather all ... Read more...

Filed Under: Reading, Science Tagged With: Book List, Butterfly, Spring, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale: Step Into the Largest Butterfly Conservatory in America

Butterfly Wonderland - step into the largest butterfly conservatory in America

Experience the magic of Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale, Arizona—home to the largest butterfly conservatory in the U.S. with 3,000+ butterflies, lush rainforest exhibits, and family-friendly attractions. Disclosure: We received complimentary tickets to Butterfly Wonderland in exchange for sharing our review with you.  All opinions expressed are my own.  Butterfly Wonderland is a gorgeous display of color through butterflies and plant life in a tropical oasis in Scottsdale, ... Read more...

Filed Under: Parenting, Science, Travel Tagged With: Arizona, Butterfly, Review, Travel

By Kim Vij

Caterpillar Math with Recycled Lids

Caterpillar Math with lids

Create a fun hands-on busy bag activity for kids this spring with this caterpillar math game with lids. Start saving your lids for this eco-friendly game. We're having so much fun in BUG WEEK as part of our Virtual Book Club Summer Camp! Today is Eric Carle's Birthday so in honor of him and one very hungry caterpillar it's time for some Caterpillar fun! We created a fun and simple math game using lids! It's works perfect for siblings too.  You can adjust the level of ... Read more...

Filed Under: Math Tagged With: Book Activities, Butterflies and Caterpillars, Butterfly, Caterpillars, Eric Carle, grade school, math, Spring, VBC Summer Camp

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Learn with Monarchs!

Monarch Butterfly learning activities for Kids

A fluttering butterfly can inspire an entire week of exploration at my house. Learn with Monarchs this week! Here are a few monarch butterfly activities for your child... Monarch Butterfly Activities for Kids Known for its bright orange colors and its incredible annual migration, the migratory monarch butterfly is now classified as “Endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. In the last 20 years the the monarch butterfly population has dropped by 90%, ... Read more...

Filed Under: Science Tagged With: Afterschool Express, Amanda, Butterfly, Eco Living, Kids in the Garden, Outdoor Fun, Tutorial

By Kim Vij

Raising Eco Friendly Kids with a Butterfly Garden

Butterfly Garden Plants. Purple and red flowers in pot to attract butterflies

Raising kids can be quite magical in the spring and summer as we begin to explore outdoors and discover ways to connect in our garden with our children. It's a time to catch a peek at a butterfly visiting or bees buzzing by looking for nectar.   Raising Eco-friendly kids is one of my main goals, so by bringing a child outdoors and into the garden, it can be such a fun way to explore ways to take care of their environment with eco-friendly activities for kids. One way I want to ... Read more...

Filed Under: Gardening Tagged With: Butterfly, Caterpillars, Earth Day, ebook, Eco Living, Flowers, gardening, Spring

By Kim Vij

Flower Books for Kids

The ultimate collection of the best Flower Books for Kids

The ultimate collection of beautiful flower books for kids of all ages! We've hand picked our favorite fiction and non-fiction flower books for your child. Let's get reading about flowers! Flower Books for Kids Flowers are all around us, even in our books. There's a large variety of children's books about flowers for you to read with your child. You can explore both fiction and non-fiction stories about flowers as your child explore the world of flowers. We've created the ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities, Reading Tagged With: Book List, Flowers, gardening, grade school, Preschool, Spring, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Flower Activities for Preschoolers

Flower Themed activities for preschoolers with playdough, paint, flowers and more.

Get creative with these fun flower activities for preschoolers this spring! A colorful collection of flower craft ideas and educational activities for learning about flowers for preschoolers. Let's explore flowers for kids!  Our featured book for this Virtual Book Club for Kids Flower Theme for preschoolers is Lola Plants a Garden.  Have you joined our Virtual Book Club?  Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn In this adorable storybook, Lola wants to ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Book Activities, Flowers, grade school, Kids in the Garden, Preschool, Spring, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By Kim Vij

Madeline Math Activity with Flowers

Colorful spiral paper flowers in yellow pot made by kids

Explore a charming Madeline-inspired math activity with flowers that helps kids practice counting, patterns, and number recognition through hands-on fun. Plus a fun step by step tutorial for how to create paper flowers with your child.  Finding ways to encourage our children to think of others is a social skill we focus on teaching our children. This post contains affiliate links to Amazon This months' book Madeline gives an opportunity to talk with your child about expressing ... Read more...

Filed Under: Arts, Math Tagged With: Book Activity, Colors, Flowers, grade school, Kim, Madeline, Preschool, Rainbow, Spring, Virtual Book Club, Virtual Book Club for Kids

By The Educators Spin On It

Simple Flower Activities for Kids

Simple Flower Activities for Kids. Flower math, flower science, flower crafts for kids

There are so many ways to explore flowers with kids. These simple flower activities for kids will help them explore science, language, fine motor skills, and more! One of my son’s friends knows me as “the flower lady.”  “Can we pick a bouquet for me to bring home?” she asks on every visit. I give her a big smile and nod. “Of course,” is always my reply. She buckles up for the car ride home holding purple flowers spouting out of a water bottle vase. Although many people don’t want kids ... Read more...

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: Flowers, Kids in the Garden, learning garden, Preschool, science, Spring

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