Its Hard Being A Bug!

We have been buzzing around all week in our classroom learning about insects. We had a great time learning how spiders are not actually insects and the important jobs that even the smallest of God's creation do to help nature. We also learned that we are often scared of these little guys with no real reason to be afraid of them. Spiders eat flies. Bees make honey. Caterpillars turn into beautiful butterflies. Everyone has a job to do - even insects. We promised to try and not harm our little friends, but agreed that we probably would still be afraid of them.

We counted insects for a bug collection math project, even practiced pollination, and did a little "bee" dance to show how bees actually talk to each other. It was great fun to learn about how bee colonies work and even relied on a major motion picture to help us understand how it really all works - pollination, nectar and honey. (The Bee Movie) We made a bee hive and a bee to practice pollination with a flower and some sequins. It should be interesting to have your children explain how this really all works.
Little Miss Muffet...this was our spider creation. We had fun learning that spiders have eight legs and four pairs of eyes. The children also enjoyed acting out the silly nursery rhyme about "little miss muffet." Don't be surprised if they want to do this when our spiders crawl into your homes.

We made antennae and practiced using our "bug sense" navigating around our classroom. It is pretty hard to imagine being such a small object and being safe from big things around you in the air and on the ground. I think we gained a new appreciation for the jobs that our insects do every day.