Book: Brahma's Butterfly


Author: Meena Raghunathan
, Illustrator: Kavita Singh Kale


Who ate all the leaves in the beloved garden of Brahma, the Lord of Creation? It was the caterpillar! What happens when Brahma's curses the caterpillar? A reimagined myth of how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly!


Activity:Can your butterfly flap its wings?
This month we focus on the E in STEM. How do we get a butterfly to flap its wings? Working like mechanical engineers, we explore motion and build a small contraption! This contraption is inspired by Padmashri Dr. Arvind Gupta who ingeniously builds toys from trash!


Skill: Think like an Engineer

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