We went to the nursery part of Robyn's school this morning to give the kids and talk and a chance to see spiddies up close. They LOVED it! Hardly any were scared and most couldn't wait to have a close look at them. The ones that were scared did come up closer by the end, even saying they liked them. They asked loads of questions, main ones being:
'Why isn't it moving?'
'Where are his eyes?'
'Where is his mouth?'
'What do they eat?'
We took an old skin so they could see the underside in detail and took a few different coloured spids so they could see the diferent variations. We took a cricket to show what they eat. The teachers were as interested as the adults, and said they learnt alot they didn't know.
We are going back on Thursday to do the afternoon group. We have also been asked to go back there 2 weeks tomorrow, as they have inspectors there then, and it would be nice to see that they have people coming in to do things like this with the kids.
So, overall, a great morning. Kids and adults alike asking LOADS of questions, kids who couldn't go anywhere near them coming up to having a close up look and showing a great deal of interest in them.
To be able to get kids to see how wonderful they are and to introduce people to the hobby, even at that age, felt great![Smile](https://thebts.co.uk/forums/core/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Oh, and Robyn took her mantid into school today, for show and tell
'Why isn't it moving?'
'Where are his eyes?'
'Where is his mouth?'
'What do they eat?'
We took an old skin so they could see the underside in detail and took a few different coloured spids so they could see the diferent variations. We took a cricket to show what they eat. The teachers were as interested as the adults, and said they learnt alot they didn't know.
We are going back on Thursday to do the afternoon group. We have also been asked to go back there 2 weeks tomorrow, as they have inspectors there then, and it would be nice to see that they have people coming in to do things like this with the kids.
So, overall, a great morning. Kids and adults alike asking LOADS of questions, kids who couldn't go anywhere near them coming up to having a close up look and showing a great deal of interest in them.
To be able to get kids to see how wonderful they are and to introduce people to the hobby, even at that age, felt great
![Smile](https://thebts.co.uk/forums/core/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Oh, and Robyn took her mantid into school today, for show and tell
![Very Happy](https://thebts.co.uk/forums/core/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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