Bradley ready to dig up the worms in the farm.
What a busy day. I think my favorite part about having our worm farm, besides there is little to no care for them, is listening to Bradley and all the things he says and thinks about worms. Worms smile, sing, play, and worms need love too, right mom? Of course. 🙂 He even made a worm dance. The worm dance consists of “Stretch and wiggle…stretch and wiggle…” across my kitchen floor.
We did have a little worm accident this morning when we were excavating them. They kind of went for a little ride, darn dog. Who knew worms could fly? Check it out in the video below.
OOOPS! We did manage to find all of them but one. I guess he has returned to his natural habitat.
Our next try at a video went better.
Some things we learned about worms from our observations and books:
1. They like to be read to.
2. They are nocturnal, or come out at night. a.k.a. night crawlers.
3. When the soil is hard, a worm will take a few bites of it so it can dig and tunnel its way down into the dirt. Dirt, yum! It’s a balanced meal for a worm.
4. Worms do have a head and tail. The tail end is flatter and more blunted, and the front is pointy. Never knew that!
5. The smooth ring that circles the worm’s body is called a saddle, and only grown up worms have them. But you can’t ride them. hee hee
Source: “Natures Children: Worms” by Jen Green
*note* I love seeing Bradley soak up all this information and new vocabulary…then try to use it. So cute!
This is also one of my favorite activities because we put the worms on a little lid and Bradley and the worms entertain each other for an hour or two!
Hope you had a great day on our worm farm, we did. See ya next time!
xxx
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Amanda St.Clair 