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| If there is one thing that preschool aged children will | | | | -simple explanations will go further than trying to jam all |
| always be interested in it’s: BUGS & INSECTS! | | | | the details into their minds, for example you could say |
| This is such a fun preschool theme, as there is a lot of | | | | something like- (when a bee lands on a flower it |
| exploring and discussing when it comes to bugs and | | | | collects the pollen up and carries to the beehive, when |
| insects. | | | | the bee gets to the beehive it puts it in the honeycomb |
| Some Ideas For Having Fun With This Preschool Bug | | | | and turns it into honey) you could have a jar of honey |
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| -make sure you have a variety of pictures of bugs | | | | -talk about how we need bugs around us and we |
| you can correctly identify posted around the room | | | | shouldn’t step on bugs when we see them, we |
| -lots of books in the library with real life pictures of | | | | should leave them alone and watch what they do, |
| bugs is another great thing to have as well as puzzles. | | | | maybe one day we can try and follow it home? |
| -go to a store like the dollar store or any discount | | | | -some teaching resource stores sell little science kits |
| store and look for rubber or plastic bug toys, you can | | | | with kid friendly microscopes that have already made |
| fill the bottom of a sensory bin with sticks or sand and | | | | up slides with bugs and other things in them for the |
| put the toy bugs in it, the children will have a blast. | | | | kids to look at. |
| -ask the children what bugs they see around their | | | | -count how many legs certain bugs have, are there |
| home or neighborhood, and help them identify them | | | | lots, or little/few and make a chart with all the names |
| and find pictures of them | | | | of the bugs down the left and have a line represent |
| -talk about what bugs eat, (i.e. leaves-caterpillars, | | | | each leg, who has the most lines?, that bug has the |
| dirt-worms, other bugs-spiders, human food-ants, etc). | | | | most legs, which bug has the least lines? That bug has |
| -what do bees do when they land on a flower? where | | | | the least amount of legs. |