Madilyn's classroom at preschool took a field trip to Butterfly Wonderland in Scottsdale this past March. Butterfly Wonderland is an indoor rain forest butterfly pavilion. All parents are given the opportunity to chaperone and I quickly volunteered (along with my friend Kathleen from California during her visit). We arrived bright and early at preschool to get all of the kids loaded into the school van and other parents' cars. We then drove across town to the newly opened Butterfly Wonderland. The first stop once we entered the attraction was a brief 3D movie about the life of a monarch butterfly. The kids loved it and at many moments during the movie tried to catch the butterflies as they would have the appearance of flying around you. After the movie, the Wonderland staff move you into a room where you are able to watch the metamorphosis of a butterfly. I found this exhibit particularly fascinating as I have never watched this occur in real life. Our third stop was the butterfly pavilion. As you stepped into the humid environment, you were surrounded by butterflies flying all around you. The most important item that we kept reminding the kids was to watch where they were walking so they won't step on one of the delicate creatures. A majority of the kids loved watching and searching for the butterflies. However, there were a handful that *absolutely* despised butterflies and thought that they were going to get bitten or hurt by them. They screamed and cried and held on to the adults the entire time. These kids were the first to move on to the remainder of the Wonderland which included a honey bee hive, a live ant colony, a couple of tanks of fish and a touch pool of stingrays. Our entire visit to Butterfly Wonderland lasted about two hours and the kids made it back to preschool in time for lunch and nap time. It was the first field trip I chaperoned for one of my kids. I cannot wait to share in many more of their school activities in the future.
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A van full of kids
A car full of kids
My car full of kids
Our Destination
APA Kids -- Classes 3, 4 and 5 Year Olds
Madi
Hayden
Madi and Hayden
Bryce
Trey, Bryce, Madi, Hayden and Ava
Listening to the Instructions on How to Behave in Butterfly Wonderland
Butterflies
A butterfly landed on Mrs. Christina
And on Madi's head
Bryce and Madi
Madilyn, Eva and Bryce
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