Meeting #4 Look for Microhabitats

 

 

 

 

Before we took a hike on the nature trail, I talked to the kids about micro-habitats. I told them it was a place for tiny animals, like ants and worms, to live. Once on the nature trail, I showed them to look under leaves, move rocks and logs, and watch the ground closely for ant hills. We looked for clues everywhere and documented everything we saw in our nature journals.

 

 

 

 

 

The kids enjoyed this at first and were able to find examples, but since they were young and had little patience, they began to find it tedious. I decided we would go back to the front of the trail to paint animal window hangings I had as a backup activity for a day when I may need it. The kids loved this, and one little girl even asked to take home the paint so she could paint more animals later!