Mad About Minibeasts!

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It is rare to find a book which gives a completely different and exciting perspective on a historical figure, particularly those aimed at younger readers, so ‘Darwin’s Super-Pooping Worm Spectacular’ is a particularly delightful read. BBC Bitesize features a range of videos, text resources and a quiz to help children in KS1 learn more about minibeasts. To teach the fantastic topic of minibeasts at KS1, you can use our incredible range of minibeasts for kids UK teaching resources. Featuring minibeasts for KS1 life cycle activities, role-plays and interactive games for kids. Children will start to ask more questions about what a phrase, term or, simply, word means, and they’ll add them to their repertoire for writing. Those who develop a healthy vocabulary early on, tend to become deeper thinkers.

Storytelling is a great way to engage young children in a relaxing and calming activity. You can use these great suggestions of minibeast books for early years children to help you plan your provisions and target skills in all seven skill development areas. Why not try some themed extension activities? You could use our Incy Wincy Spider Collection to support teaching on Keith Chapman's version of the favoured nursery rhyme. Children can start to use this as an opportunity to express themselves, either verbally or in writing. There are some minibeasts that have particularly peculiar food habits. For instance, many types of beetles and ants eat wood, yes that’s right, wood! There are also worms that eat all of the dead materials and substances in the soil, and dung beetles, whose diet consists of actual animal poo. Whilst this might seem gross to us, these minibeasts are performing a very important function for their ecosystem. By consuming these strange things they are recycling and, in turn, improving the overall quality of the soil, which allows plants and trees to grow from it. Some minibeasts, like these leaf insects, are great at disguising themselves as a dead leaf or a damaged leaf or a green leaf! Perfect for keeping themselves safe."Cody the Caterpillar by Twinkl Originals - Cody loves being a caterpillar, but all her friends keep telling her how nice it will be when she finally turns into a butterfly. She’s nervous about the change, so will she be brave enough to do it? This story is great for teaching butterfly lifecycles and how to deal with change. There are tons of different types of minibeast that can be found all over the world, but here are a few common minibeasts for kids to spot in gardens and parks!

Minibeasts can be found in almost every area of the UK. They are most commonly found in wooded areas, like parks for example. However, because of urbanisation it's not unusual to find minibeasts right on your doorstep. As long as they have the necessary means to live like food and a suitable habitat - minibeasts can pretty much thrive anywhere in the UK!Our Cautious Caterpillar eBook is a lovely story to read in your EYFS setting with an autumnal theme. This beautifully illustrated story is also available as a PowerPoint. Despite the fact that they cannot swim, many species of minibeasts live in ponds and rivers. The majority of these creatures spend their lives clinging to stones and plants, or just crawling around the bottom of the water. Enough talk - try Twinkl's teacher-made minibeasts for kids resources today and see how much excitement they can add to your classroom! Take a look at the resources below to get started: A great story is one that can teach us not just about the topic it covers but about ourselves and the world around us. In the UK alone, it is believed that there are around 40,000 different species of minibeasts. Minibeasts UK KS1 teaching resources for kids