For class this week the weather continued to be cold, stormy and rainy. Our theme today was bugs and bug boxes. We began class talking about how good bugs can help farmers. Then we got to open and decorate with stickers our very own bug boxes. After a greeting by Maddie the Monkey and some quick stretches we headed out into the weather. Armed with digging tools, rain boots, rain coats and our bug boxes we were in search of bugs. We turned over logs, looked under dead leaves and dug into tree stumps. Well, this teacher was stumped! The bugs weren't out yet! They were no where to be found. We even were followed by an enterprising chicken who was scratching for bugs too! I don't think she found any either.
So our lesson for this week turned out to be-there aren't bugs yet when the weather is still cold! But we did examine mold on tree bark, moss, lichen and used our nets to scoop up rocks from the bottom of a stream.
We also spent some time in the barn. It was fun to see Pinkie's 2 week old piglets too. They are growing so fast! There were 10 last week and now there are only 9. Where did the 10th go?
We ended our chilly bug hunt in our cozy little "house", reading a funny book about cows that type,
Click Clack Moo, and by eating "Ants on a log"-peanut butter spread on celery with dried cranberries. These were the only bugs we saw today!
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