Join Alex and their insect friends on a socially distanced adventure!
With the help of the Scientist, Alex is able to talk to the bugs over Zoom and learn all about their homes.
With the help of the Scientist, Alex is able to talk to the bugs over Zoom and learn all about their homes.
Butterflies
Writer - Sam Liechter
Director/Editor - Justin Ivan Brown Producer - Giverny Petitmermet Associate Producer - Sarah Moore |
Featuring:
Maeve Brady - Alex Giverny Petitmermet - Scientist/Gretchen the Butterfly Sam Leichter - Larry |
Pollination Exploration
Director/Editor - Justin Ivan Brown
Producers - Giverny Petitmermet Sam Liechter |
Featuring:
Maeve Brady - Alex Sarah Moore - Bumble |
Lighting Bugs!
Writers - Sam Liechter & Giverny Petitmermet
Director/Editor - Justin Ivan Brown Projection Design- Ingrid Larson Sound Design - Robert A. K. Gonyo Lighting Design - Kristen McCarthy Parker |
Featuring:
Maeve Brady - Alex Sam Leichter - Lighthouse Sarah Moore - Constance Giverny Petitmermet - George |
Help us to continue to make continue to create new content, pay our artists, and find our way in this strange new reality we all find ourselves in.
Bug Activities

BUTTERFLIES!
Make a flapping butterfly puppet or a fluttering butterfly puppet with the folks at Wonder Spark Puppets.
Learn more about a butterfly's metamorphosis on DK FindOut! or watch this video.
Watch a Monarch Butterfly transform from a caterpillar to a butterfly.
Learn a song to help you remember the stages of a butterfly's life.
See how a caterpillar builds a cocoon.
Learn how to draw a butterfly from an expert.
Plant a butterfly garden.
Create your own butterfly shadow puppets.
Make a butterfly with flapping wings.
Color your own butterfly with these coloring pages.
Make a butterfly out of coffee filters.
A fun activity to learn how a butterfly eats.
Find all sorts of fun activities you can do at home –
from worksheets to how to raise your own butterfly!
Make a flapping butterfly puppet or a fluttering butterfly puppet with the folks at Wonder Spark Puppets.
Learn more about a butterfly's metamorphosis on DK FindOut! or watch this video.
Watch a Monarch Butterfly transform from a caterpillar to a butterfly.
Learn a song to help you remember the stages of a butterfly's life.
See how a caterpillar builds a cocoon.
Learn how to draw a butterfly from an expert.
Plant a butterfly garden.
Create your own butterfly shadow puppets.
Make a butterfly with flapping wings.
Color your own butterfly with these coloring pages.
Make a butterfly out of coffee filters.
A fun activity to learn how a butterfly eats.
Find all sorts of fun activities you can do at home –
from worksheets to how to raise your own butterfly!

FIREFLIES!
Make your own lighting bug puppet.
Lean more about how a firefly glows.
Learn how to talk like a firefly.
Make a firefly sun catcher.
How to make a jar of fireflies you can keep all year.
All you need is a glow stick to make your own glowing firefly.
Make your own lighting bug puppet.
Lean more about how a firefly glows.
Learn how to talk like a firefly.
Make a firefly sun catcher.
How to make a jar of fireflies you can keep all year.
All you need is a glow stick to make your own glowing firefly.


BEES!
Make your own bee puppet with the folks at Wonder Spark Puppets.
Learn about how bees make honey and more in this video.
Find out from a scientist why bees are important to the earth.
Learn all about the honey bee's dance!
Activities for kids from the Pennsylvania State BeeKeeper Association.
Learn how to plant a bee garden.
You can build your own bee hotel.
Get a bee's eye view of your neighborhood!
Make your own bee puppet with the folks at Wonder Spark Puppets.
Learn about how bees make honey and more in this video.
Find out from a scientist why bees are important to the earth.
Learn all about the honey bee's dance!
Activities for kids from the Pennsylvania State BeeKeeper Association.
Learn how to plant a bee garden.
You can build your own bee hotel.
Get a bee's eye view of your neighborhood!

OTHER BUGS!
Make a hopping cricket puppet, a crawling bug puppet or a creeping beetle puppet with the folks at Wonder Spark Puppets.
Learn how to tell insects apart from other animals in this video.
This video tells you how insects are different than spiders.
Find out if lady bugs can be any color other than red in this video.
Learn about all sorts of bugs at DK FindOut!
The American Museum of Natural History has all sorts fun activities about wasps, biodiversity, and all sorts of other areas of science.
Make a hopping cricket puppet, a crawling bug puppet or a creeping beetle puppet with the folks at Wonder Spark Puppets.
Learn how to tell insects apart from other animals in this video.
This video tells you how insects are different than spiders.
Find out if lady bugs can be any color other than red in this video.
Learn about all sorts of bugs at DK FindOut!
The American Museum of Natural History has all sorts fun activities about wasps, biodiversity, and all sorts of other areas of science.

HELP SAVE THE BEES!
Look through these lists to find ways to help bees thrive:
5 Easy Ways to Save the Bees - Heifer International
10 Ways to Help Bees Thrive - The Honey Bee Conservancy
10 Simple Things You Can Do! - Buzz About Bees