My Ava and I just love our Bug View Jar from Schoolbox. This was one of her birthday gifts from us this spring and we have had a lot of fun catching bugs. It's way better than a Mason jar (which is what I used growing up).
The Bug View Jar comes with a lid decorated like a lady bug in either red or yellow. If you push down on the wings, the fly open revealing a magnifying glass. This is great for kids who can study and observe living things (even leaves) close up. There are also breathing holes around the top of the canister part. The lid unscrews for easy catch and release.
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| Schoolbox's Bug View Jar |
We actually recently did an observation station with a beetle we caught. Remember, Ava is only 3; so we just observed, then she drew a picture of the beetle. She surprised me. She knew the beetle had three legs on each side of him and 6 legs altogether. Hey, that's math! She also noticed he had three parts! You can learn a lot from simple observation. Then we talked about "beetle" starts with letter "b" -which we had been learning this week; so she ended up with tracing mom's letter "b".
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