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Jul. 20, 2009
Entomology
We have a laminated naturalists field guide with illustrations of common bugs. Occasionally in our home something happens to spark curiosity and I run with it. That is the Charlotte Mason teacher in me.
I go out on the deck on Saturday morning and the children closely follow behind. I notice a black wasp laying dead on the ground and know from experience that they can still sting you even when they're dead. I run in and get one of my many small glass jars with an air tight lid that I had bought at a yard sale with full intentions of making and storing home skin and health care products in them. I show the children who were fascinated with the dead wasp. I then go on to do other things while the children are working hard at locating and identifying bugs with our field guide and proceed to get the rest of my bottles from the cabinet. Les and I are pretty open to the children doing things like that on their own and don't hinder them in any way. I come outside to 7 glass jars a bit later and see that they're filled with various bugs. Good job! I was greatly impressed at their fastidious study of insects! They manage to use our small yard as if it were a vast field waiting to be explored. |
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