SuitabookCrafts for kids who are learning about insects
Kathy Ross
- Reading
- Browse the projects first and choose one that matches the child’s interests or comfort.
- Themes
- Insects as part of the natural world: The book presents insects as valuable, including insects that eat plant-damaging insects and insects that light up summer nights. It appears to explain selected ways insects contribute to the world while encouraging curiosity about them.
- Making as a route into learning: Readers are invited to learn more about insects while completing 22 low-cost or no-cost projects. The book presents craft-making as a practical companion to learning about insects, rather than describing crafts alone.
- Worth knowing
- Some children may react strongly to references to creeping cockroaches or to insects generally making them “squirm”. The projects are low-cost or no-cost, but their materials and procedures are not established here.