Exposing your kid to the great outdoors and modelling appropriate behaviour can do a lot to help them get over their fear of bugs.
By Susan Spicer |Five-year-old Dawson Gardiner isn’t keen about bugs. In fact, if he sees a spider, his first impulse is to step on it. “I always say, ‘Don’t do that; the spider won’t hurt you. He’s more afraid of you than you are of him,’” says his mom, Stephanie.
For an even closer look, Esposito recommends collecting non-flying insects. Leave flying critters alone because trapping them can be injurious and unkind. Monarch butterflies, for instance, will die if you try to keep them because they’re programmed to migrate. If your child does capture one of these, encourage her to let it go.. Little nets are useful tools for junior entomologists. Create a habitat with soil, twigs, leaves and stones so that the bugs will have hiding places.
If you want to observe metamorphosis , buy a few mealworms from a pet store. “Ask for the small ones,” says Esposito, “and put them in a terrarium with some bran cereal and potato or carrot. You’ll see them moving around and after a few days, they will go into a pupa. A few weeks later, a darkling beetle will emerge.”
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