Science is something that happens all around us whether we realize that are not. The best way to teach children about science is by showing them. This can be done by going on nature walks and watching the birds build nests or by looking at tadpoles and exploring how they will grow up to become frogs.

Children love interesting things and they love to see new things so the more interesting you make science and nature the more they are going to remember. The live butterfly garden is my favorite way to teach children about nature.

The live butterfly garden is a new experience for children. It is not often they can observe a caterpillar turn into a butterfly.

My friend buys her nieces a live butterfly garden every year in the early spring. The girls watch them grow and then they all get together to let the butterflies go.

Her nieces have learned two things. The first is the life of a caterpillar and the second is a lesson that is very hard for kids, letting something go that you love. Aside from learning, those girls have those happy memories for the rest of their lives.