Only a Home Schooling Mom says...

Mom : "I found this dried up stink-bug with all its legs intact. Wanna keep it?"

DD10 : "Awesome! I'll put it with the cicada cases!"

Mom : " I read an article last night on how to mount them with pins - like at the museum. Then you can display them in your room."



My daughter's fascination with bugs has lasted four years. I finally brought her to the book store this weekend and bought her a field guide to North American insects. The next day she fixed herself on the couch and started flipping through the pictures, amazed at the many variations of the same type insect. Who knew there were a 1/2 dozen types of praying mantis? Time for a lesson on biological classification I think. Perhaps a lap-book on life cycles and anatomy. We have a science fair coming up in February, which she wanted to do on this subject, so this will be a good start.