Interactive School Talks

The Butterfly Musketeers unique experience is tailored to each and every school and age range of your children. We visit schools in the Christchurch during Terms 1 or 4, for 45 – 60 minutes of interaction. We create a fun learning experience that your children will be talking about for weeks after.

Maria Romero is the Author of “An Educational Guide on Monarch Butterflies” which is an excellent educational book on the Monarch Butterfly. Maria Romero was recently awarded a Christchurch Civic 2020 award for service to Environment & Education. Over the last 4 summers Maria has spoken to over 10,000 people.

Theres heaps of opportunity for teachers and children to ask questions and for me to give advice and plan butterfly gardens. Plus take heaps of photos of the children dressed up as monarch butterflies for their learning stories.

The Butterfly Musketeers will bring along our swan plants and answer questions regarding the amazing life cycle of the Monarch butterfly so children can see first hand caterpillars, chrysalises and eggs.

I also bring along fun learning tools, swan plant seedlings, and other fun goodies that I leave as a gift from us to your school, and access to Butterfly Musketeers information and posters that can use later on. If timing is right we bring in chrysalis and new born Monarchs butterflies. 100% of the time we will bring caterpillars on brand new plants unless I get told you have plenty of caterpillars already.

The Butterfly Musketeers teach the children fun facts and how to attract the Monarchs to their garden at home.

We would love to come and visit your school! Contact me today for availability, or to learn more about our Monarch Butterfly visits.

What is covered in my talks

In depth knowledge of the swan plant
Fun facts about the monarch butterfly
How to raise healthy monarch butterflies
Conservation for the Monarch Butterfly
Things to know when creating a butterfly habitat in your school
Caring for your caterpillars
Fun facts about egg, caterpillar and the chrysalis
Environmental impacts of loss of species
The importance of having new guardians that care for our Planet needs, to sustain it for future generations. By nurturing our wide range of biodiversity here in New Zealand.
The power of transformation on a personal level, empowering children that they can change and become a beautiful butterfly as an adult
A chance for me to answer all your questions
And much, much more

What’s included in my school visits

Swan plants with caterpillars
Packet of Swan Plant seeds & Thrive plant food, courtesy of Yates Seeds
Monarch Colouring in sheets
Life Cycle board of the Monarch Butterfly
Examples of artwork that can be made in the classroom
Posters and Activities for the children
Packs of Butterfly Musketeers stickers for the children
Monarch dress up wings and masks to wear and fly around as a butterfly
Worksheets

Christchurch preschools sessions are slightly shorter due to the little ones attention spans. We advise that older ones only take part (3-5’s years of age), as this way they get to absorb all the information without the 2 year old’s running around and distracting them, in turn the teachers will learn so much too. We teach through fun, puppets, poems, play, movement.

Request Availability & more Information

I’d love to come and talk at your school, pre-school. Book me now for Oct – Dec 2020 or January – February & March 2021 talks or contact me to find out availability!