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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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