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Worms, slugs and caterpillars set in cartoon style
Check out these 20 crochet snails, slugs, caterpillars, and worms. The crochet versions of these critters are super cute!
Our new theme is Spring and we're covering lots of subtopics. This week we were learning about soil, worms, snails and slugs. We've been assisted by lots of amazing books, a great song, a phenomenally informational GEMS guide, and lots of ideas from other early childhood educators, Pinterest, and friends. These are some of the AMAZING books we've been using in our study. Each of them have something special about them and I STRONGLY recommend every one of them. I actually found Mr. Carey's Garden at the local library, but enjoyed it so much that I ordered it through Amazon. GEMS: Terrarium Habitats This guide provides detailed information about worms, snails and slugs. It's actually a guide for setting up terrarium habitats. We pulled the pertinent information from the guide. That's one of the things I LOVE about the GEMS guides, you use what works for your program and your class. We began with soil exploration. We dug up some soil from our school garden and placed it on the table. We provided magnifying glasses, tweezers, and a craft stick for our inquisitive little friends. They discovered some roots, leaves and other materials in the soil. We just received our new sensory table and are THRILLED with it. We placed garden soil and potting soil in the garden along with plastic insects, silk flowers, root veggies (carrots, artichokes and asparagus), watering cans, gardening gloves, garden spades, plastic worms and aprons. I LOVE it when I see one friend helping another friend without any adult involvement. This year we have one friend who has learned how to tie her shoes and other stuff. She was the perfect friend to help with this task. The kiddos fell in love with the song, Dirt Made My Lunch and were truly able to grasp the concept of the need for good soil to grow EVERYTHING they eat. This video clip is very old, as the Banana Slug String Band look nothing like this now, but you can hear the song this way. We start our study with determining what the kiddos already know about the subject. We document whatever they say, whether accurate or not. During the study we'll determine what is true and what isn't. Very quickly after we took down the info, the other kiddos shared knowledge with the "Worms have legs," friend and he decided that wouldn't stay on our board any longer. We set up a mini worm farm. We found an appropriate see-thru container, placed a capped water bottle filled with warm water in the center of the container. We then layered soil, sand, soil, sand, soil. We sprayed the top layer with water, added some spinach leaves on the top, then put in the worms. We then wrapped a band of black construction paper around the container. The next day we removed the black paper and could see where the worms had tunneled through the layers. *We did poke holes in the lid for air holes: large enough for breathing, but small enough so they couldn't climb out of the container. We were BLESSED with the gift of a worm farm bin from our Nana Teri (grandmother of one of our students). We placed shredded paper, a little soil, and some lettuce in the container. We spritzed the contents with water, then added the worms. We placed a wet paper towel beside a dry one, then laid a worm on it to see which side it would prefer. Thanks to spelloutloud.com for this idea, the download of the book below and the suggestion of using the water-filled bottle in the mini worm farm!! Observing Worms book download from www.spelloutloud.com Our "worm" painting provocation: plastic worms, two shades of blue and green paint, paper. These friends were very busy painting with worms. No worm study would be complete without tunneling like a worm. We discussed that worms, snails, and slugs were invertebrates. The kiddos are familiar with the term "spine" when we talk about the parts of a book. I pulled out our skeleton model and showed them all the bones in a spine and talked about how any animal with a spine is a vertebrate, any animal without a spine is an invertebrate. Once again we gather the beginning knowledge of snails. The kids were pretty knowledgeable. Our snails were brought in from a child's home. The parent collected them and put them in a large plastic coffee container with a few coffee grounds in the bottom. The caffeine definitely had an impact on them. I've never seen snails move so fast! It was a totally unplanned experiment and not one I would have set up intentionally. The kiddos LOVED playing with the snails. This friend looked through the magnifying glass after the snail was crawling on it. He was able to see the "foot" of the snail move. It looked kind of like ocean waves. After our snail day ended, we moved them into their own habitat complete with soil, plants, veggies, and an occasional spritz of water. If you look closely you can see their silvery paths. We then began studying slugs. This was the next day and they didn't move nearly as fast as the snails, though they had been in the same container. Who knows? Look closely to see the shiny trail! We also had some leftover real flowers and decided to use them for some flower painting. The results were beautiful! We're having so much fun!!
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Check out these 20 crochet snails, slugs, caterpillars, and worms. The crochet versions of these critters are super cute!
Our new theme is Spring and we're covering lots of subtopics. This week we were learning about soil, worms, snails and slugs. We've been assisted by lots of amazing books, a great song, a phenomenally informational GEMS guide, and lots of ideas from other early childhood educators, Pinterest, and friends. These are some of the AMAZING books we've been using in our study. Each of them have something special about them and I STRONGLY recommend every one of them. I actually found Mr. Carey's Garden at the local library, but enjoyed it so much that I ordered it through Amazon. GEMS: Terrarium Habitats This guide provides detailed information about worms, snails and slugs. It's actually a guide for setting up terrarium habitats. We pulled the pertinent information from the guide. That's one of the things I LOVE about the GEMS guides, you use what works for your program and your class. We began with soil exploration. We dug up some soil from our school garden and placed it on the table. We provided magnifying glasses, tweezers, and a craft stick for our inquisitive little friends. They discovered some roots, leaves and other materials in the soil. We just received our new sensory table and are THRILLED with it. We placed garden soil and potting soil in the garden along with plastic insects, silk flowers, root veggies (carrots, artichokes and asparagus), watering cans, gardening gloves, garden spades, plastic worms and aprons. I LOVE it when I see one friend helping another friend without any adult involvement. This year we have one friend who has learned how to tie her shoes and other stuff. She was the perfect friend to help with this task. The kiddos fell in love with the song, Dirt Made My Lunch and were truly able to grasp the concept of the need for good soil to grow EVERYTHING they eat. This video clip is very old, as the Banana Slug String Band look nothing like this now, but you can hear the song this way. We start our study with determining what the kiddos already know about the subject. We document whatever they say, whether accurate or not. During the study we'll determine what is true and what isn't. Very quickly after we took down the info, the other kiddos shared knowledge with the "Worms have legs," friend and he decided that wouldn't stay on our board any longer. We set up a mini worm farm. We found an appropriate see-thru container, placed a capped water bottle filled with warm water in the center of the container. We then layered soil, sand, soil, sand, soil. We sprayed the top layer with water, added some spinach leaves on the top, then put in the worms. We then wrapped a band of black construction paper around the container. The next day we removed the black paper and could see where the worms had tunneled through the layers. *We did poke holes in the lid for air holes: large enough for breathing, but small enough so they couldn't climb out of the container. We were BLESSED with the gift of a worm farm bin from our Nana Teri (grandmother of one of our students). We placed shredded paper, a little soil, and some lettuce in the container. We spritzed the contents with water, then added the worms. We placed a wet paper towel beside a dry one, then laid a worm on it to see which side it would prefer. Thanks to spelloutloud.com for this idea, the download of the book below and the suggestion of using the water-filled bottle in the mini worm farm!! Observing Worms book download from www.spelloutloud.com Our "worm" painting provocation: plastic worms, two shades of blue and green paint, paper. These friends were very busy painting with worms. No worm study would be complete without tunneling like a worm. We discussed that worms, snails, and slugs were invertebrates. The kiddos are familiar with the term "spine" when we talk about the parts of a book. I pulled out our skeleton model and showed them all the bones in a spine and talked about how any animal with a spine is a vertebrate, any animal without a spine is an invertebrate. Once again we gather the beginning knowledge of snails. The kids were pretty knowledgeable. Our snails were brought in from a child's home. The parent collected them and put them in a large plastic coffee container with a few coffee grounds in the bottom. The caffeine definitely had an impact on them. I've never seen snails move so fast! It was a totally unplanned experiment and not one I would have set up intentionally. The kiddos LOVED playing with the snails. This friend looked through the magnifying glass after the snail was crawling on it. He was able to see the "foot" of the snail move. It looked kind of like ocean waves. After our snail day ended, we moved them into their own habitat complete with soil, plants, veggies, and an occasional spritz of water. If you look closely you can see their silvery paths. We then began studying slugs. This was the next day and they didn't move nearly as fast as the snails, though they had been in the same container. Who knows? Look closely to see the shiny trail! We also had some leftover real flowers and decided to use them for some flower painting. The results were beautiful! We're having so much fun!!
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Check out these 20 crochet snails, slugs, caterpillars, and worms. The crochet versions of these critters are super cute!
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Keep kids happily engaged in play and learning this spring with a dirt and worms sensory bin .
Check out these 20 crochet snails, slugs, caterpillars, and worms. The crochet versions of these critters are super cute!
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