ORDER YOUR OWN CATERPILLARS~http://www.insectlore.com/I am all about this new campaign called, GREEN HOUR. Go to http://www.greenhour.org/ for more info, but here it is in a nutshell...
It is all about giving your kids a Green Hour everyday! Unstructured time in green spaces to explore, imagine, and discover. Research shows that spending at least one hour a day outside improves young children's physical fitness, emotional well being and intellectual development.
Today's kids spend an average of 6 hours a day planted in front of an electronic screen--spending half as much time outdoors as we did when we were kids. Yes, 6 hours---don't ask me what these parents are doing! No making mud pies, catching fireflies, building forts, looking for critters under rocks, feeling the wind in their faces, discovering tadpoles, daydreaming while watching the clouds roll by, etc....This is not just about going outside for baseball or soccer practice or recess, it is about UNSTRUCTURED PLAY. I love this idea. Sending the kids out with out toys to just enjoy the world around them. Take a look at the website for some unplugged ideas.
Here is one our family is doing. We ordered caterpillars from Insect Lore. We received them in the mail and we are watching them grow daily. I would say in the next week, they will turn into chrysalis' and then hatch to butterflies! We purchased a big net to keep the chrysalis' in and once they hatch, we can watch our butterflies, feed them, and then release them into the wild.
Also, for you locals to Birmingham, Oak Mountain State Park is having Salamander Day this Sunday! It begins at 1:30. http://www.alapark.com/OakMountain/
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