Preschool Science - Worm Farm

Preschool children love to play with worms (at least my boys! doing). Can develop their curiosity with the worms in a scientific project again with only a few items from home and garden. Here's what you need:

Empty two-liter bottle of pop
Exacto knife
Dirt
small shovel
Sand
Press Releases
Kitchen compost (apple peels, etc.)
Worms

Before your child to let loose in the garden, it is necessary to reduce the consumption exacto knifeentire top of the pop bottle.

Help your child you printed a label for the container that the child's name and "worm farm". This can be done by hand or computer. Stick the sticker on the front of the container.

Go into the garden with your child and let him or her to shovel a few inches of soil in plastic containers. Pat the dirt down, so the next layer of sand is not through the filter. Tell your children that need to be careful not to shake or jarBottle or the sand and dirt becomes confused.

Add a thin layer of sand, and then a few inches of soil and other thin layer of sand. The top layer must be dirty. Allow one or two square inches at the top of the bottle.

Then, add a couple of clippings on the last layer of dirt. Worms need food, then add a few pieces of fruit or vegetables a meadow, like apple or orange peels.

If you're lucky, the worms in yourYard, help your child to dig a few worms for your worm farm. If you can not go to the nearest bait shop and buy a small packet of Night Crawler.

Allow children to play with the worms before them in the worm farm. Help them make comments on the worms. Maybe a book about worms in your local library or search online for information about worms. Talk to your child about how a worm is responsible for food waste in our soil mix and fertilizer.

AfterYour child puts a couple of worms in the worm farm, they will be able to see for yourself how worms mix the soil. If the worms dig through the container, leaving a trail of sand behind him, to see that your child be able to mix in the dirt.

hold for most of the worm, worm puts the company in a dark place or tape a piece of paper around the worm farm for the light. Worms most of their work at night.

Your child will be very fun to create itsor their worm farm. Digging in the mud to play with worms ... what's not to love!