Ladybug Life

​Stop me if you’ve been there before or heard this one, my lesson didn’t go as planned! Not even from the very beginning.  I had this great set up, a whole week of bugs, we were going to be able to get our hands dirty, observe, hold, and then release when appropriate.  Welcome to ladybugs who happened to be very popular at every hardware store, 5 to be exact.  Yes, I even tried Amazon.  
 
So, like in Friends, pivot! Holding ladybugs went to creating our own. We did our research, created our Thinking Map, and then created a tear art ladybug. While we would have loved holding and releasing ladybugs, getting our hands dirty was a great treat too!