Kids Place

Links for Kids

Some fun, interesting and educational links to explore.

Butterflies in Your Playground — A US site but full of information.

Butterfly optical illusion — Make your own butterfly optical illusion.

Enchanted Learning — What is a butterfly? Butterfly or Moth? Anatomy of a Butterfly, Life Cycle, Species of Butterflies, Printouts to Colour In, Crafts, Puzzles, Printouts

Fun Facts about Bugs — Smithsonian Institution – If you click on the Index page you will find information about household insects, most incredible insects, insect flight, insects as food, insects as pets and lots more!!!

Invertebrates up close – Backyard Biodiversity — Australian Museum Online

The Wonderful World of Insects

Thinking Fountain

Books for Kids

You may like to look in your library or bookstore for these books about butterflies.

“The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle

“Charlie The Caterpillar” by Dom Delouise

“In the Tall Tall Grass” by Denise Fleming

“Where Does the Butterfly Go When it Rains?” by May Garelick

“The Caterpillar and the Pollywog” by Jack Kent

“Cathy Caterpillar and Betty Bee” by Sally Rippon

“Terry and the Caterpillars” by Millicent E. Selsam

“Butterfly Boy” by Lawrence Yep

“Bee Detectives” by Vanessa Ryan-Rendall & Brenna Quinlan

Word Search

Find all the words in this puzzle and colour them in. The letters that are left over make a word that tell you what a butterfly’s wings do. Here…

Colour In

Here are some Australian Butterflies to print out and colour in.

Blue Triangle lifecycle

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Meadow Argus

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Richmond birdwing – female

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