I is for Insect

Our week on insects was a little disappointing. We were supposed to make an ant farm, and I had the idea that I wanted to make our own and not buy one. I didn’t realize that we would be on this chapter in December. There aren’t any ants anywhere! Luckily, we were still able to “Learn a lesson from the ants, you sluggard!” as commanded in Proverbs 6:6-9, by looking on Youtube.com at an old movie from 1949 called Ant City. It was very informative. We also read all about ants and how they live.
We used one day to study ladybugs, where our story “The Grouchy Ladybug” taught us to tell time as well as sequencing from smallest to biggest.
Another day was devoted to bees. We got a real honeycomb and examined it to see what the hard work of the bees can result in. Then we read a book about a diligent bear and a lazy bunny who both plant gardens. One works hard and enjoys the fruit of his labors and the other barely even tries and wonders why he gets no produce. Then we read 2 Thess. 3:10 that says “Whoever will not work, should not get any food.”
Our last day, we caught a moth to observe and identify body parts on (the only live insect we could find) and we read a book about an inch worm and did some measuring.
Obviously, our lesson learned from insects was that we should work hard. This lesson couldn’t have come at a better time, when the kids have been doing a lot of whining and complaining about their chores. It seemed to turn a few lights on that hopefully won’t burn out soon!