Description

Part I by Grace Venters of Graceful Butterflies

Part II by Lori Stralow Harris of Salt Creek Butterfly Farm.

Learn how to plan, promote and give Professional Butterfly Education Presentations to increase your income!  Some folks have found this so rewarding that they’ve made it their main business.  Others add presentations onto their butterfly farming activities or add it as a part-time, income producer.

Geared towards the exhibit professionals as they work with people touring their butterfly houses, to enchant special groups.

Includes great bonus handouts to use in your business, games, crafts, posters, diagrams…  to get you started or to add to what you are already doing!

What You Will Learn

How to plan exciting, funny, fascinating and educational presentations for schools, exhibit attendees, senior centers, special groups that will keep you popular and booked up way in advance!  Games, lifecycle props, costumes, interactive fun and hand-outs will be covered.  Let two pros show you how, what works, keeping your audience captivated and giving a quality learning experience!  

Grace Venters, of Graceful Butterflies, will teach Part 1

• How to promote your Professional Butterfly Educational Presentations
• Newsletter/ How to introduce yourself and your Butterfly Education Presentations
• Description and Aims of the Presentations
• How to deliver your Presentations
• PowerPoint for your Programs
• Dressing up for Presentations
• Games to Play and Learn
• Crafts – Special Fun for Participants

Lori Harris, of Salt Creek Butterfly Farm, will teach Part 2

• Vocabulary across disciplines:  Art, Nature, Science, Spirituality
• Art and Nature intertwined
• Creative Process:  Look, Decipher, Interpret, Evaluate

1.  The right project for the right group:

• Flutter Tales Story Hour, 3- to 5-year-olds
• Independent Readers Library Program, 6- to 10-year-olds
• Art in Nature Camp Sessions, 6- to 12-year-olds

2.  Don’t limit yourself – Collaborate with specialists

• Special needs
• Grief counseling
• Senior citizens

3.  Classroom management tips

4.  Games

5.  Marketing

Bonus Items

• Our Environment – by Grace Venters [PDF]
• Magical Wings [PDF]
• Life-size Local Butterfly Guide (Make Laminated Butterfly Sticks!) [PDF]
• How to make a Floral Butterfly Cage [JPG]
• Butterfly Maze Handout [JPG]
• Old World Swallowtail Butterfly Maze – Easy & Hard versions, with solutions [JPG]
• School Presentations
• Plantable Butterflies
• Paper butterflies made of recycle paper, containing seeds
• Butterflies for Little Ones [PDF]
• Seed Bombs [PDF]