Worms, Worms, Worms!

We recently attended a local park program for children and I wanted to share some of their great ideas with you.  The topic was worms and ‘Sweet Boy’ really enjoyed the variety of hands-on fun. 

• The teacher, our Explorer, began by talking about what worms are and what they aren’t…big, small, fuzzy, smooth and what worms eat (leaves). 

• Then each child sat at the table with their own little worm to touch, watch move and use a magnifying glass to examine. 
• Loved this activity:  Each child took a plastic worm and having dipped it in a plate of mud, dragged it across the paper to create their Worm Trails.  We also drew some worms and grass on the paper.

• Loved this too:  We pretended to be birds with long beaks in search of worms.  Each child was given two chopstick-like pieces of wood and a plate of graham cracker crumbs.  They had to dig through their “dirt” to find a gummy worm. 

• Last, we went on a hike in search of worms and things that eat worms.

• We stopped at the grocery store on the way home and bought a bag of gummy worms.  (Of course, it was for the kids, not me at all!)

• We learned this worm song from my husband.
•  We checked out some worm books from the library.  Here was one we chose:  The Worm Family (Bccb Blue Ribbon Picture Book Awards)