Wed 8 Oct 2008 - Ant Farm Frenzy
Picture this in mind.
Since Tuesday, these two kids have been building an ant farm as part of their study of insects. And since Tuesday, their eyes were locked into the ants tunneling through the sandy soil inside the jar. Talk about one-time obedience but this is really pushing me over the edge as I have been trying to get their attention many times to focus on lessons for the day but since ants are pretty magnetic (i didn't know that!) to children this age... I guess, I have to let it go for awhile and go unschooling until the weekend at least or until this infatuation to crawly creepies dissipates, whichever comes first. Whew!
Anyway, just allow me to post the proof of this recent addiction of theirs.
It took a jar, some sandy soil, an old drinking jug with water, piece of sponge, bread with jam, black construction paper and of course, trapped ants.
Without a queen, this farm will not last long, so we plan to release the poor ladies - yep, the workers are female we learned from our study, in the near future. But for the meantime, the kids are just so into it they have read about formicarium and ants already.
Here is a great book on how to keep pets in jars.
This is one of our favorite books on nature study. We dug it from the BookSale pit for P30 pesos.
A treasure!
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