Ants

Throughout the month of September, we studied ants. I learned about "research," "references," and "bibliographies" as we read about ants and worked on my shutterbook. I memorized Proverbs 6:6-8, and Mommy helped me with my shutterbook. Here are some pictures of my shutterbook and the ice cream ants we made. (You can click on any picture to see a bigger one.)

Ant Shutterbook

(Mommy had to do a lot of the writing, but she used my words, except for the Bible verse, the bibliography, and the vocabulary list.)

front of the shutterbook - with the title I wrote and decorated, and my Bible verse	back of the shutterbook - with the bibliography	shutterbook opened up

shutterbook opened completely, with extension opened up	life cycle wheel* (This is on the inside of the extension.) The part you see is the eggs.	section two of the life cycle wheel - the larva

section three of the life cycle wheel - the pupa	section three of the life cycle wheel - the adult ant (This one is the queen.)	what I already knew, and what I wanted to learn, before we started

ants' "four abilities" - This one is (a tongue and) taste.	ants' "four abilities" - This one is (a hand and) touch.	ants' "four abilities" - This one is (ears and) hearing.

ants' "four abilities" - This one is (a nose and) smell.	vocabulary tab booklet - each has a definition under the flap...	...like this

diagram of an ant body (This is a queen.)	other things I learned	How Ant Houses are Made - This is a "matchbook." It is on the outside of the extension, like the next three booklets.

inside of the ant houses matchbook (This is a picture of the chambers and tunnels.)	This is a small book about the different kinds of ants in a colony.	There is a queen ant.

There are males, and workers who take care of the babies...	workers who take care of the queen, and those who look for food.	another matchbook, about the trails ants leave

inside of the matchbook This ant must be following the trail, because there are dots in front of her.	third matchbook - things that eat ants	inside of the matchbook

*The life cycle wheel came from KizClub.com. It did not include ants, so Mommy traced the outside of the sections onto blank paper for me to draw on.

Ice Cream Ants

Mommy got the idea for ice cream ants from one of her friends online. There are three scoops of ice cream for the three parts, with Magic Shell on the outside for the exoskeleton. (Mommy didn't do a very good job with the Magic Shell.) The legs were supposed to be pretzels (but we couldn't find only a few) and the antennae were supposed to be string licorice (which we couldn't find anywhere), but we used toothpicks. We used chocolate chips for the eyes.

getting ready to make ice cream ants	adding the eyes to my ice cream ant	my finished ice cream ant

Mom's ice cream ant (The angle of this photo is better, so you can see the three parts.)	I thought that Mom's ant would be an adult and mine would be a pupa, before I knew we had something to cover them with.