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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n- Monarch Butterfly Activities for Kids<\/a>
- Read<\/a><\/li>
- OBSERVE<\/a><\/li>
- WRITE<\/a><\/li>
- Visit a Butterfly Museum<\/a><\/li>
- Make Masks<\/a><\/li>
- Butterfly Life Cycle Toys<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
Monarch Butterfly Activities for Kids<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Known for its bright orange colors and its incredible annual migration, the migratory monarch butterfly is now classified as \u201cEndangered<\/a>\u201d by the International Union for Conservation of Nature<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the last 20 years the the monarch butterfly population has dropped by 90%, due to habitat loss from pesticides, modern farming practices, urban development, and other human activity. An estimated one million acres of habitat are lost each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But today, an army of citizen scientists, students, and gardeners is engaged in restoring this beloved pollinator\u2019s habitat \u2013 the wildflowers and milkweed and feeding corridors \u2013 so that one of nature\u2019s most beautiful creatures will still be there for generations to come. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It starts in our own backyards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Learn with Monarchs: Read<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
It just so happened that we started #8 “Zippy’s Tall Tale<\/a>“, a book in the Butterfly Meadow series<\/a> by Olivia Moss this week. I am reading several chapters to my little one each night before bed. Although parts of it were a little above a kindergarten level (I adapt the text as I read) it wasn’t bad for the most part. It doesn’t have a villain, but rather a problem that Dazzle, the main butterfly must solve and is a highly predictable text. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n - OBSERVE<\/a><\/li>
- Read<\/a><\/li>