Chapter 5: Ants Session 1. Book Exploring – Bugs Dictionary 29/6 Leave Cutter Ants The leafcutter ants carry the leafpieces back to their underground nests where the leaves are chewed into a pulp. The decaying pulp is stored with ant feces and fungus spores, and strands of fungus eventually grow on the decomposing pulp. This fungus is the […]

Chapter 5: Insects Changes / Insects Lifecycle Session 1. Book Exploring Learned about the lifecycle of insect – from the eggs till the adulthood. Orchid mantis group hatching with an upside down position. Kin tried to turn the iPad as he thought we misplaced the iPad. Stick worm hatched from egg. The baby looked like frog initially. Kin was […]

Chapter 4: Under Attack Session 1. Book Exploring Covered a new topic of Insects – Under Attack. Taught Kin what are the insect’s defense when they are under attack – disguise, camouflage, stingy, explosive. These are few insects which have their own ways of protecting themselves:- Assassin Bug Bombardier Beetle Hoverfly Moth Caterpillar Orchid mantis The following day, did revision […]

Chapter 3: Social Insects Session 1. Book Exploring Kin urged me to start homeschooling as he spotted me reading the “Weird Bugs” book. Today we covered another new topic called “Social Insects”, mainly focus at ants and bees. Session 2. Comic Book Telling – X-Venture Told the X-Venture comic to Kin since it is related to Insect. Learned that the […]

Chapter 2: Bug Homes Session 1. Book Exploring – Weird Bugs Had great time learning first topic of the book – Bug Home. Kin was amazed with the 3D termite mound embedded in the book, he spotted the ants trails marching from the ground into the tunnels. There are cooling chimneys, tunnels and rooms to accommodate millions of […]