We buddied them up, gave them each a jar and set the perimeter. They managed to snag up a dragon fly, bee, a lady bug and some other crawly critters and then after we all got to look at them, we set them free again. Obviously.
When we got back to school we read this adorable book called "The Very Ugly Bug"(http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1589250486/ref=redir_mdp_mobile) which inspired us for our crafts. So we sat outside and half the class did phonic exercise and half came with me and then we swapped.
Oh! And the icing on the cake of our wrap up discussion was when we got back from our walk a spiders egg sac hatched and there were hundreds of baby spiders on a web. So cool to see! They kids were all so excited and gentile with them. It was excellent.
Here is how we made our Ugly Bugs:
Supplies:
Popsicle sticks
Pipe cleaners
Construction paper
Gems
Aluminum foil
Googley eyes
School glue
Markers (optional)
1. You can certainly color the body of your bug if you want, but we just got down to business. If you are going to do it, do it first.
2. Take your pipe cleaners and cut them into three pieces. They can be uneven, different colors, whatever! Mix it up and get crazy...the sillier the better! And wrap them around the pipe cleaner and twist underneath to hold. You can also do this step later if you want your bug to have a fuzzy look on top.
3. Cut out circles or any shape you want (we chose circles) and decorate.
4. Glue the decorated shapes onto the body. Add the pipe cleaner legs of you haven't already.
5. Some of us chose to add wings. Aluminum foil is perfect for this. Remember they dont need to be even to look great!
6. Add some googled eyes and let dry.
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