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Spiders and other small creatures—do we want children to be afraid?
Huge anatomically incorrect ‘spiders’ with legs as long as a Daddy Longlegs’ took over the neighborhood these past weeks, crawling up webs ‘spun’ on the sides of houses. Dropping out of trees are others with more fuzzy hair than a … Continue reading
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Tagged activity ideas, DEET, early childhood, Halloween, spider, worm
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Spiders and ants and bees, oh wow!
Spiders, ants, bees, cockroaches, cicada killers, house centipedes, and roly-polies are among the many small animals children may encounter at home or at school presenting moments to learn about the diversity of living organisms if the moment is calm enough. … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, centipede, early childhood, entomology, extension, insect, Marie Faust Evitt, preschool, spider, Thinking BIG
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Observe. Everything. Young children, Science Friday and walks in nature
“Observation is that first step to discovery,” noted Ariel Zych, Science Friday Education Manager, in a audio segment about Science Friday’s Science Club citizen science challenge, #ObserveEverything. Science Club notes that scientists such as Galileo, Darwin and Curie made careful … Continue reading
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Tagged #ObserveEverything, activity ideas, early childhood, nature walks, observation, spider
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