dirtgirl's Nature Detective Academy – Butterfly
calling all nature detectives!
Hi nature detectives! It’s dirtgirl here.
Welcome to my Nature Detective Academy! Would you like to go outside exploring with me on a nature detective academy mission? Great, let’s go! Today, we’re exploring the world of butterflies!
listen to the ‘butterfly’ episode
Roll up your sleeves and get ready to get grubby with my Nature Detective Academy kids’ podcast! Each episode is full of fun things to do … poems, tips, amazing facts, and real-life nature sounds to connect you with the outside, before you’ve even stepped out the door! Click on the play button to listen to today’s episode.
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Most butterflies feed on the nectar from flowers.
Butterflies have taste sensors on their feet!
Some types of butterflies like to go mud-puddling! They drink the water and take up the minerals from muddy puddles.
Scientists think there are between 15,000 and 20,000 different species of butterfly that call our planet home.
outside
Print and download this activity sheet. Then go outside and see if you can spot a butterfly. Tick the things that you can find!
music time!
Now it’s time to listen to my song “changes”.
“caterpillar to a butterfly, clouds part to a deep blue sky, tiny seed to a massive tree, I pick the flower and pull the weed. Little egg to a dragon fly, as the puddle beings to dry. All change will always be, always changing constantly.”
nature detective mission
And here’s your take away mission … next time you are outside keep an eye out for a butterfly! Take a photo! You can post your pic on social media and use the hashtags #dirtgirlworld #iamoutside to make sure I discover it! Or you can post it on the Kinderling Kids Radio and dirtgirlworld Facebook pages.
sign up to our newsletter
Sign up to the dirtgirlworld newsletter and get your FREE printable! To download your free butterfly garden colouring-in sheet, ask your grown-ups for their permission and help.
Bye nature detectives!
We looked up and down and all around, we met a butterfly and we did a butterfly dance. And we learnt all about butterflies too! See you next time for a new nature detective mission!
