Butterflies!

Every couple of years we raise butterflies from caterpillars. This year our curriculum told us to so it was perfect. Here are some of the photos from our butterfly release. *Outside temperatures must be above 55F in order to release them, so we can do this at least 11 months of the year. Other locations are more limited.

We opened their habitat and no one flew out.

We enticed them out with orange slices.

One child is much happier about this than the other.

Come back tomorrow for both kids getting up close with the butterflies. These were some of the friendliest and calmest butterflies we have ever had. (I have also done this with classes at school for over a decade and this was truly exceptional.)