Today
I am going to tell you something very important about some small animals
that live around us and sometimes we don't even pay attention to them.
When
we go to the countryside, or to a park or garden, if we pay a lot
of attention, we can observe some very small animals: ants, ladybugs,
butterflies, grasshoppers, spiders,... (each teacher will name the
small animals of his/her own area)
These
small animals like the flowers, the trees and the grass. They walk
up and down the ways, going back and forth, looking for some food.
They also walk because they like to take sunbaths. As they are so
small, we have to take care in order not to step on them.
Ants
live in ants' nests, which are like big cities built under the ground.
These "houses" have plenty of corridors and tunnels where the ants
circulate very fast.
In
those cities different kinds of ants live:
The
queens, who are the ones that have the young creatures
The
workers, who have to do different jobs: some of them take care
of the young creatures, some clean the corridors and the other ones
go out to look for food. All of them have a job to do and all of them
take care and protect each other.
If
we put an ant on our hand, it will tickle us. But we don't have to
hurt them, because if we do it, they can't go home with their families.
Now
let's go to the playground and let's look for ants or other small
animals. We have to observe them very carefully, paying attention
to what they are doing and where they are going.
