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)

Wed, Dec 10 12:00 P.M. Zig Zag Plant/Butterfly Drinks     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Dec 10 1:00 P.M. Leave It to Ari/Snow Friend     NH Kids (11.5)
Thu, Dec 11 12:00 P.M. The Paper Trail/Bath Time     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Dec 11 1:00 P.M. Downhill Dash/Brush Your Teeth     NH Kids (11.5)
Fri, Dec 12 12:00 P.M. Burrowing Owl Girl/Olive's Tree     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Dec 12 1:00 P.M. Tasty Rainbow/Olive Gets The Big Picture     NH Kids (11.5)
Sat, Dec 13 1:00 P.M. Rocks Rock/A Birthday for Bibi     NH Kids (11.5)
Mon, Dec 15 1:00 P.M. The Beat of a Different Drummer/The Bird Thief     NH Kids (11.5)
Tue, Dec 16 12:00 P.M. Make Music Naturally/Light The Way     NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Dec 16 1:00 P.M. Frozen Fish/Pirate Treasure     NH Kids (11.5)
Wed, Dec 17 12:00 P.M. Junior Ranger Elinor/Big Brother     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Dec 17 1:00 P.M. Circus Tricks/Stuck in the Mud     NH Kids (11.5)
Thu, Dec 18 12:00 P.M. Make Music Naturally/Light The Way     NHPBS (11.1)
Thu, Dec 18 1:00 P.M. Adventure In Moose Mountain     NH Kids (11.5)
Fri, Dec 19 12:00 P.M. Feed The Birds     NHPBS (11.1)
Sat, Dec 20 1:00 P.M. Frozen Fish/Pirate Treasure     NH Kids (11.5)


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