Worms are fascinating creatures that play a vital role in our ecosystem. They help to break down organic matter, improve soil structure, and provide food for other animals. These creative worm activity ideas are designed to teach children about the different types of worms, their habitats, and their importance in the environment. From gummy worms to baby worms, bait worms, and garden worms, these activities will provide hands-on learning opportunities and promote motor skills development. So, grab a pail of worms, and let’s get started with some worm-tastic fun! 1. Fun Worm Activity VAMPIRE DRINK: Fill a plastic cup with red Gatorade (or any red colored juice or Kool-aid). Pour canned whipped cream on top. Drizzle strawberry syrup on the whipped cream and add vampire teeth gummy candy. This worm-themed word search makes for a fun brain break during a science unit while developing cross-curricular spelling and vocabulary skills. This creative spring craft features a cute worm puppet made from bendable plastic Flexi-straws and brown tissue paper. Once the worm puppet is complete, children can use it as a prop to act out a story or role-play, which can help to develop their storytelling and communication skills. These plastic worms and printable number cards are a great way to develop an understanding of numbers and quantity while enhancing memory skills and developing their worm vocabulary.

Note that all our worms are now sold by weight. 1kg of composting worms contains approximately 1600 to 2000 worms. Straws: The paper straws I used are from Walmart. You should be able to find something similar at the dollar store as well. Put a tasty worm twist on an ordinary bowl of pudding by loading it with these yummy gummy worms! Enjoying these artificial worms is a great opportunity to learn about the vital role these decomposers play in our ecosystem. Our composting worms are a mixture of species (mainly reds and dendras) selected for their composting ability. Sometimes composting worms are known as tiger worms, brandlings, reds and dendras. All work really well in your wormery and we use a mix as some worms prefer slightly more acidic conditions so a mix is beneficial.

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These vibrant and detailed fact cards are an easy way to develop scientific knowledge while enhancing students’ reading and comprehension skills. They can be used as an assessment activity at the end of a unit or incorporated into a learning station during a hands-on Science lesson. Each species of worm is a surface litter worm meaning unlike the usual worms you find in your garden (lob worms - Lumbricus Terrestris) surface litter worms like reds and dendras like to work in the top few inches of the soil which is perfect in your wormery. They're found naturally in a manure heap or on the forest floor.

We also got a butterfly growing kit and watched the caterpillars eat and eat until they form a chrysalis. There is nothing like watching the metamorphosis take place in person and seeing the butterflies bust out of the chrysalises. I highly recommend doing this with your kids as part of your butterfly unit study.Canned whipped cream can be added on top of many drinks and will hold candies. This is great for adding gummy worms, candy spiders, candy eyeballs or vampire gummy teeth. You can also add sprinkles on top. Bend some pipe cleaners into a wavy shape, glue on some googly eyes and you’ve got an adorable earthworm! This craft is a great activity for developing creativity and imagination and can be used as a classroom project or as a fun way to decorate a bulletin board. Syringe: I found these Halloween syringes with “poison” labeled on the front at the dollar store. They work perfectly for the skull potion drink! You could also use jello shot syringes. Falkirk, Aberdeen Perth Kirkwall Paisley and Inverness Areas (not islands), Isle of Man and Isle of Wight