METAMORPHOSIS:

Many kids find the metamorphosis of a butterfly fascinating. If this is the case with your child search for the life cycles of a butterfly and a dragonfly in nonfiction books from the library to compare the differences between the two, print out My Metamorphosis Worksheet and then together draw the two different metamorphosis cycles.

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WEBSITES:

A great site for kids is http://www.amentsoc.org/bug-club/ which has care sheets for budding entomologists, a great section of fun and games (including printable insect parts to paste together to make your own bugs).

The University of Kentucky has a great site called Entomology for Kids and Teachers with interesting links such as Insects as Food and some good photographs too - http://www.ca.uky.edu/entomology/dept/youth.asp

For fans of the beautiful butterfly look at this website: http://butterflywebsite.com

Learning activities

A big thank you to Alyssa who volunteers with a youth group and Bella from the group who started a Butterfly Garden in 2018! Bella is passionate about the environment and she recommends this page on How to Build a Backyard Garden.

Another big thank you goes to Fourth-grader Brendan from California for finding this super website for us: http://www.bedbugs.org/insects-for-kids/

Bugs

Science and Insects

FIELD TRIP

Visit your local science of natural history museum and see what you can learn about insects there.

Thank you to Kaity who is enthusiastically learning about pollinators right now! I tired to email your mom back but the address wasn't working. Kaity suggested this page on Flower Fragrances that attract butterflies.

CLASSIFYING INSECTS:

Look through some nonfiction books from the library on insects and other bugs and then fill out my Classifying Insects Chart together as a family.

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WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE BUG?

Read some nonfiction books about insects together to search for each family member’s favourite bug. Then print out My Favourite Bug Colouring Page for each family member to draw a bug in the magnifying glass.

A special thanks to Sixth-grader Taylor from Las Vegas and her Aunt Sarah for suggesting this link to an article they both wrote about common house bugs: http://www.modularhomeowners.com/common-house-bugs/