Butterfly Party/More Than One Right Way
elinor wonders why

Butterfly Party - It's Olive's mom's birthday, and Olive wants to organize something really special for her: a garden party with REAL butterflies. But, how can they get butterflies to come to the party? The kids set off to observe butterflies and figure out that they like certain kinds of flowers, and not others. Ms. Mole offers to let them transplant some butterfly-friendly plants from her garden to Olive's, and it works! Before long, Olive's backyard is fluttering with butterflies, just in time for Olive's mom to enjoy her birthday party. More Than One Right Way - It's Halloween, and Elinor, Ari and Olive arrive in the classroom to discover Ms. Mole putting up pumpkin decorations. The enthusiastic kids want to help, so Ms. Mole suggests they make spiderweb decorations with yarn and glue. But, when each kid makes a different-looking spiderweb, they're not sure which one is the most like a real web. After observing different spiders in nature, the kids realize that different kinds of spiders make different kinds of webs, which means they were all right! They then head back into school to decorate the classroom and have a happy Halloween.

Duration: 28 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 132


Future Broadcast times for "Elinor Wonders Why": (show all)

Sat, Jan 10 1:00 P.M. Feed The Birds     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Jan 11 1:00 P.M. To Bee Or Not to Bee/Turtle Crossing     NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Jan 12 12:00 P.M. The Unsinkable Lynx/Rocky The Rock     NHPBS (11.1)
Mon, Jan 12 1:00 P.M. These Sneezes/Ari's Lucky Shirt     NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Jan 13 12:00 P.M. To Bee Or Not to Bee/Turtle Crossing     NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Jan 13 1:00 P.M. Echo Location/Ears to You     NH Kids (11.5)
Wed, Jan 14 12:00 P.M. Rocks Rock/A Birthday for Bibi     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Jan 14 1:00 P.M. Spice Is Nice/Aris Muscles     NH Kids (11.5)
Thu, Jan 15 12:00 P.M. Olive's Library/Nature Walk     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Jan 15 1:00 P.M. The Science of Staying Warm/The Seed of An Idea     NH Kids (11.5)
Fri, Jan 16 12:00 P.M. Leave It to Ari/Snow Friend     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Jan 16 1:00 P.M. Water You Doing?/Thinking About Blinking     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Jan 17 1:00 P.M. These Sneezes/Ari's Lucky Shirt     NH Kids (11.5)
Sun, Jan 18 1:00 P.M. Echo Location/Ears to You     NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Jan 19 12:00 P.M. Flower Power/The Snow Must Go On     NHPBS (11.1)
Mon, Jan 19 1:00 P.M. Clean Captain/The Moment of Tooth     NH Kids (11.5)


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