Cody recently finished his unit in preschool on spiders, so they had their "culmination" where the parents get to come and the kids show them everything they have learned. He always tells me how he is a spider expert and I think maybe he really is! Here's what he taught mom and dad in our short 30 min lesson:
The parts of the spider; how many eyes they have; how many legs. He even knew the pedipalps and spinerettes.
How the spider lays eggs and creates the egg sac, complete with eggs (nerds candy) and two different types of silk to protect it.
We even got to watch a video of it. . .
Then Cody demonstrated how the spider wraps its prey and gets ready to eat it. He knew all about how it injects it with poison and turns it to mush so it can ingest it. Heavy stuff for a 4-yr old!
At one of the other centers, Cody drew a spider and told us that they have blue blood. He also drew an insect to show us the difference between the two.
Then he showed us the spider web in the top of the little playhouse that he had created with a couple friends during center time. This is the perfect activity for him!
Thanks Cody for teaching us all about spiders! We love our little spider expert!
3 comments:
wow - cute and impressive! :) now i know a little (or a lot) more about spiders than i did a minute ago. awesome.
Glad there is someone who likes spiders. Maybe he can come collect the ones that seem to multiply in my house!
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