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OUR REVIEW OF

Butterfly Garden® Home School Edition

£29.99

A unique butterfly-raising kit which allows children to learn about the fascinating process of metamorphosis up close.

 

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Age: 4-8 years

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Description

A new, unique butterfly-raising kit which allows children to witness and learn about the fascinating process of metamorphosis up close and provides weeks of real-world STEM/STEAM learning, featuring a newly designed habitat. 

Butterfly Garden® Home School Edition Includes:

Habitat with Ultra-Clear front-facing viewing panel and Tuck-Away Learning Panel which highlights the stages of metamorphosis. Includes early learning biology facts.
Voucher to redeem for 5 FREE baby caterpillars and FREE shipping!
Flower-shaped butterfly nectar feeder.
Feeding dropper
Clear, comprehensive instruction guide.
12 page STEM journal for Budding Entomologists, full of learning and fun!
Chrysalis Holding Log (arrives with your Cup of Caterpillars)
Wildflower seed packet so you can grow butterfly-attracting flowers in your home garden (arrives with your Cup of Caterpillars)

What our testers said

“Oh! I see antennas, legs, and wings, that’s all I see. Let’s get the magnifying glass.” – Boy aged 6 

“Will they lay eggs in the habitat?” – Girl aged 7

What out experts think

Children thrive through real-world learning and this Butterfly Garden allows them to get hands-on with scientific concepts such as life cycles and metamorphosis. Little ones were very intrigued by the life cycle and the changes they were able to see right before their eyes. This is especially great for younger children as it introduces them to real-world examples of logical processes, e.g. cause and effect and the growth sequence.

The kit provides lots of opportunities for discussion about the timelines and what the caterpillars were doing, which allowed the children to use observation skills and develop their scientific vocabulary. 

As younger children tend to have a shorter attention span, they often needed support to understand the process and instructions and a little more encouragement to check on the caterpillars after the first few days. However, older children were able to complete the process with more minimal adult support and remained engaged throughout.

Skills developed

– Develops scientific vocabulary 

– Introduces children to scientific concepts such as life cycles and metamorphosis 

– Encourages observation skills