Bugs!
I like to plan field trips in the winter months. The kids get stir crazy, as do I, and it's a way to gear the month's lesson toward a crescendo. I knew I wanted to take the kiddos to the butterfly pavilion this winter, because its always such a warm and lovely escape from the winter chill. Plus, the butterflies are rad. We spent the month learning about the butterfly's life cycle, various spiders, (not a bug, technically an arachnid), centipedes (also not technically a bug