Ant Homes Under Ground (Old Edition) [Paperback]

Jean C. Echols (Author), Jaine Kopp (Author), Lincoln Bergman (Editor)

Book Description

Ant Homes Under the Ground features playful activities for young children, ages three to six, that delve into many aspects of these ubiquitous and fascinating social insects. Students learn about ant body structure, jobs, and homes by observing ants in nature and in an ant farm. They role-play ants following a scent trail and dragging food through a tunnel-like structure. A large Ant Nest poster, included with the guide, is assembled in stages to highlight tunnels, ant food, social structure, and life cycle. A culminating cooperative logic game called 3Fill the Hill brings together knowledge the children have gained with stimulating mathematical and cooperative skills. In addition to the wealth of life science learning, the natural integration of science and math is a strength of this unit.

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: GEMS-Regents of the Univ of CA (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912511990
• ISBN-13: 978-0912511993
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,053,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I recommend this book for any teacher in grades preschool-1st grade. I am a first grade teacher and am using it to extend our thematic unit on communities. The book has a huge ant community for the bulletin board, ant projects the children can create, as well as lots of activities that involve the multiple intelligences.