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One time my five year old and I saved a jar full of spider egg cases,
found in our basement, from fall to summer. Angelyn checked on them
intermittently. I almost threw them out a few times but noticed that the
jar was always in a different location. I assumed there was enough
interest to save the project. Early in summer I was alarmed by a very
loud cry from across the house, "I have babies! My baby spiders are
here!" We could barely see the tiny moving dust spects. In an effort to
care for them we called the nature center that we frequented and the
naturalist shared Angelyn's excitement and held a 30 minute, three way
phone conference with us. We learned all about spiders form an expert.
We placed the egg cases on scrunched up, dark purple tissue paper to
make them clearly visible. It helped us to spot and keep track of the
babies too. (Rose from WI) Let your children have a special box, drawer or shelf where they can collect goodies from nature to look at and enjoy later - a dead bug, a rock, a shell, an abandoned nest, etc. The children love to return to these things, look at them, talk about them, and perhaps learn more about them from other sources. It's a great way to interest them in science. (Alicia from WI) |
