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Tailored Programs

These programs are intended for educational purposes of learning about monarchs and not in-home breeding of multitudes of caged larvae which can lead to illnesses

Monarch students
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Children's Enrichment Programs

Settings: Classrooms, parks, community centers
Time Fra
me: From one-six weeks (hourly sessions)

 

With access to multi-sensory tools and visual aids

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Children will learn about:​

  • Monarch butterflies and their life cycle

  • Monarchs habitat  and their food source 

  • Responsibility for caring for monarch caterpillars 

  • The monarch metamorphism process

 

Children will actively:

  • Pot milkweed to take home 

  • Witness the emergence of butterflies from the chrysalises 

  • Release butterflies back into nature

 

Children will increase science, math, and social-emotional skills through caring for their caterpillars.

Teacher Workshops
Designed to meet state learning standards
Settings: Online and in-person
Time Frame: Individually designed for program's needs

 

​   Teachers will learn:

  • How to raise a monarch from egg to butterfly in the classroom, and the time line.

  • To guide students through the process of caring for monarch butterflies including: feeding, cleaning and providing appropriate habitats.

  • How to identify monarch butterfly eggs and locally grown types of milkweed in urban areas.

  • About  developmentally appropriate art, literacy, math and science projects for classrooms.

  • How to engage students in conservation activities directly supporting monarchs. 

  • To distinguish monarch butterflies and larva from other insects.

  • About monarch’s migration patterns and life span.

  • To identify monarchs' predators; both manmade and insects. 

  • Understand the ethical and health concerns of mail order butterflies.

Teachers may also purchase butterfly kits.

These include: milkweed plants, a butterfly habitat, an instructional booklet on raising monarchs and tiny monarch caterpillars gathered from the wild.

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Adult Teachers
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Adult learners

Adult Information Sessions

Settings: In person, online, and phone consultation
Time Frame: Customized one hour increments

 

Adults will understand:

 

  • How to raise monarchs at home; including identifying milkweed and proper butterfly cages.

  • The four stages of the monarch butterfly life cycle.

  • The reasons behind the decline in monarch butterfly populations.

  • The importance of conservation efforts and individual actions that can help protect monarchs (i.e. citizen science programs).

  • How to develop monarch friendly gardens using native plants and milkweed.

  • The appropriate time and conditions for releasing monarch butterflies.

  • Have the opportunity to ask any questions they have about their own gardens.

Adults may also purchase butterfly kits.

These include: milkweed plants, a butterfly habitat, an instructional booklet on raising monarchs and tiny monarch caterpillars gathered from the wild.

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 Family Workshops
 

Settings:  Onsite coaching and phone consultation
Time Frame: Customized in one hour increments

​     Each family will receive:

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  • A monarch butterfly kit. These kits include milkweed plants, a butterfly habitat, an instructional booklet on raising monarchs and tiny monarch caterpillars gathered from the wild.

  • Ongoing coaching and guidelines on how to safely handle caterpillars and chrysalises.

  • Encouragement to create monarch-friendly gardens in yards or on balconies using native plants, particularly milkweed.

  • Explanations about the challenges that monarch butterflies face due to habitat loss, pesticide use, and predators.

  • Information on how and when to release of their newly hatched butterfly.

  • Encouragement to continue interest in helping with citizen science programs, attending nature-related events, and staying updated on monarch butterfly news and conservation efforts.

Child with Butterfly
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