Fact: Little people are fascinated by little things.Your child can learn so much from studying the comings and goings in the lives of the insects in your very own yard.
We have child-friendly insect magnifying glasses that are perfect for enhancing your child’s view of the little critters that make up such an important part of our ecosystem.
What foods do they naturally choose? Where do they live? Do they live in large communities, or spend most of their time alone?
There are endless activities that can be based around the study of insects and even favourite songs such as “That Ants Go Marching” and nursery rhymes such as “Ladybird, Ladybird” take on a whole new level of meaning after you have watched thousands of ants marching one by one or waved goodbye to a ladybird as it flies away home.
There are safe experiments that even the youngest child can take part in, such as sprinkling a pinch of sugar or some cake crumbs along a line of ants and watching how their activity changes.
It can be an enlightening experience to follow one ant from a food source, all the way along the ant super highway, to the point where it enters the nesting hole. What an epic journey for such a little creature!
This can also help with your child’s understanding of analogies of insect behaviour that are sometimes used in nursery stories.
Check out our colourful Insect Magnifying Glass and open your child’s eyes to the amazing world of insects.
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