How minibeasts move

ScienceInsects & MinibeastsAges 5–7

How minibeasts move: crawling (ants, beetles), flying (butterflies, bees), slithering (worms, slugs), jumping (grasshoppers, fleas), burrowing (earthworms). Counting legs as a first step toward grouping creatures.

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“Can your child watch a few minibeasts and describe how each one moves differently — like ants crawling, butterflies flying, and worms wriggling?”

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Activity. How minibeasts move: crawling (ants, beetles), flying (butterflies, bees), slithering (worms, slugs), jumping (grasshoppers, fleas), burrowing (earthworms). Counting legs as a first step toward grouping creatures.

What to notice. Describe at least three different ways minibeasts move such as crawling, flying, and slithering • Match a minibeast to its way of moving, for example grasshoppers jump and worms slither • Count legs on a minibeast and notice that ants have six while spiders have eight

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Can your child watch a few minibeasts and describe how each one moves differently — like ants crawling, butterflies flying, and worms wriggling?

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Describe at least three different ways minibeasts move such as crawling, flying, and slithering
Match a minibeast to its way of moving, for example grasshoppers jump and worms slither
Count legs on a minibeast and notice that ants have six while spiders have eight