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Butterfly Babies/Elinor's Circus

Elinor models the foundational practices of science inquiry and engineering design -- including her amazing powers of observation and willingness to ask questions and investigate. When she encounters something she doesn’t understand, like why birds have feathers or how tiny ants build massive anthills, she just can’t let it go until she figures it out.

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Butterfly Babies/Elinor's Circus

Season 1 Episode 20 | 25m 10s | CC

The kids are observing butterflies and caterpillars when they realize that they’ve never seen a baby butterfly. How can this be?!/Elinor, Ari and Olive decide to put on a circus for all their friends. They each have acts that involve balancing, but unfortunately, they’re not great at it. They seek out some tips from their friend, Siggy the squirrel, who is great at balancing.

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