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Outdoor4–6 years25 minutes

Garden bug safari

A twenty-minute expedition to find six small creatures, look at them properly, and put them back exactly where they were.

What to do

  1. 1

    Look in the three best places first: under a stone, under a leaf, and along the bottom of a fence.

  2. 2

    Look before you touch. Most of the interesting behaviour stops the moment you pick something up.

  3. 3

    If you collect one, keep it for two minutes at most.

  4. 4

    Put it back where you found it, the same way up.

  5. 5

    Tick it off the sheet and find the next one.

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