Worms

Last week, I asked each kid what animal they would like to study this week. We have been doing Science three days a week, so each of them would get a day for their animal that they picked. Julian picked weasels. Madelyn picked whales and Kalen picked worms. Coincidentally, they all started with W.

Today, we read up on worms and then ventured out into the front yard to find some and create a little habitat for them. I use the Kingfisher Animal Encyclopedia for some of our animal studies and there happened to be a suggested activity to do with worms.

We were hunting for worms and our neighbor, Lan, walked over and joined us. She said she had plenty of worms in her garden, so she would go get one. She is so sweet and indeed she came back with a rubber glove on her hand and a wiggly worm in it. We ended up finding more worms and made layers of sand, soil, and leaves in a glass jar to watch our little friends up close. The book suggested putting black paper around the jar and in a few days we can unveil it to see all the different little pathways they have dug/eaten through.

Of course, the kids really enjoyed this activity, Kalen especially.