ANTS, THEIR BEHAVIOR & CRAFT — LEARN & LINK

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For my 7 and 5 year old we use Apologia Flying Creatures for our science curriculum. Last week we learned about ants so we had a fun time learning about their behaviors. 

We placed a paper plate on our patio with different foods on it to see what the ants preferred. 

We were surprised in their selections. I thought for sure they would go for the sweet stuff like the strawberry and marshmallow. 

They preferred the popcorn the most and then the goldfish and humus next. 

Then we did a ant picnic craft:

Materials needed:
white paper
red crayons or markers
food sale ads
scissors, glue stick
black ink pad & black thin marker


The kids made their paper look like picnic table clothes and then they went through the grocery store sale ad and cut out all the foods they wanted at their picnic.

Then they glued them on their picnic table cloth. Next they pressed their index fingers on the ink pad and stamped the picnic table cloth with their finger prints – 3 prints back to back and then they outlined them and drew legs and antennae.

My 7 year old’s 

My 5 year old’s