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crickett
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 Ideas for teaching Kindergarten about Worm - 2005/10/06 10:54 I have been growing worms and selling them for several years, but have never taught a class for Kindergarteners. I want to and have been asked to talk to them about the worms. What are some things that I could do with them that would keep them interested? Any help would be great.
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 Re:Ideas for teaching Kindergarten about Worm - 2005/10/06 12:27 Hi Cricket,
Did you see the notes about the children's rhyming book COMPOST B'GOSH?
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 Re:Ideas for teaching Kindergarten about Worm - 2005/10/06 20:01 Yes, thank you. I saw that book and have not read it. I have Diary of a Worm also.
Are there any more ideas?
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 Re:Ideas for teaching Kindergarten about Worm - 2005/10/23 10:59 cricket...I have done lots of classroom presentations with kindergarteners. One presentaton was to look, up close and personal, at the worms through a magnifying lens. Observing is a big part of K curriculum. I talked, while having them spread newspaper and dampening it, about what worms do in nature and how they clean up our environment, and are heroes in feeding the Earth. I pass out rubberbands and have them imitate how a worm moves. They then each get a worm and are given the task of figuring out which end is the front.
I have also done a presentation where we actually build a 3 gallon rubbermaid type bin for a classroom study. We talk about what worms need for a healthy habitat. They shred the newspaper, help me drill the air holes, add the worms and food. That bin becomes their class "pets" and they can feed them some of their lunch scraps. The teachers love this as they can use the bin to fit into their curriculum in many ways. The kids love having their own classroom worms and are the envy of the rest of the classes. Susan Quinby-Honer
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 Re:Ideas for teaching Kindergarten about Worm - 2005/10/25 17:00 The kids (K-1) also enjoyed this book:
Under One Rock...by Anthony D. Fredricks Susan Quinby-Honer
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 Re:Ideas for teaching Kindergarten about Worm - 2006/10/11 19:56 teaching them about the worms and why they are important.
what worms eat
why we need worms
how to recycle and reduce landfill waste by feeding it to the worms
of course take worms so they can all scream and ewww ahh ohhh at the worms let them touch them and play with them. They are kindergarderns after all.
a small fishtank plastic is best to let them see how the worms work and eat. cover it with dark cloth for the worms and then when you go to show the kids take off the cloth and let them all crowd around before the worms go into hiding.
hope that gives you a few ideas anyway
good luck it will be fun
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 Re:Ideas for teaching Kindergarten about Worm - 2008/02/22 05:00 To get them engaged, I usually start them out by having them look around in the worm bin for plant pieces. I like to tell them that worms eat plant matter, then poop out soil! (Any mention of 'poop' usually gets the kindergarten class feeling enthusiastic...) Then I say how soil isn't smelly or dirty like our poop, and we pass it around so everyone can see and smell it.

I mention how worms make the soil healthy by adding nutrients, and that their tunnels allow air and water into the soil. Since plants need these things to live, we need our friends the worms!

From here we usually go right into gently using our fingers to explore the soil for creatures. I've found that small plastic magnifying boxes are great to use-- I hold the boxes and have the kids drop in the worms as they find them, then put the lid on and pass them around so everyone gets a chance to see. This can usually occupy them for a while; if they start getting squeamish or bored I might have them see if they can find things in the soil that don't belong (like trash wrappers) or ask if anyone can spot any orange-colored worm eggs.
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 Re:Ideas for teaching Kindergarten about Worm - 2008/02/22 12:27 We made up a coloring book to give to the kids. We usually take along at least one bin. And have a bag of eggs that have, and a bag that have not hatched. Dave Wallace
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