虫たち
かわいいね！
かぜぐみ（２歳児）の子どもたちは虫たちが大好きです！
怖がる子もいますが、意外と積極的に自分から手を伸ばし、触ってみたり、観察しています。
園庭にオレンジの木が植えてあります。オレンジの葉にアゲハ蝶が卵を産み、その瞬間を子どもたちが見ていました。かぜぐみに連れて行き、虫かごで飼うと毎日様子を観察していました。
卵が孵り、幼虫になり、どんどん大きくなり、サナギになって、、、。
「もうすぐ蝶々になるよ！」
と大人が教えると、今か今かと楽しみにしていましたが、羽化の瞬間は見ることができませんでした。
しかし、大人がお世話する様子を見て、虫を大切にする気持ちは伝わったのかな。と感じています。
小さくても人間と同じ命があること、”どんな命も大切なんだ”ということが伝わってくれたらいいな。と思っています。
The 2-year-old children of the Kaze group love insects!
Some children are afraid of them, but surprisingly, they actively reach out and touch them and observe them.
There is an orange tree planted in the yard. A swallowtail butterfly laid its eggs on the orange leaves, and the children watched the moment. I took them to the wind school and kept them in an insect cage and observed them every day.
The eggs hatch, become larvae, grow bigger and bigger, become pupae, and so on.
Soon they will become butterflies!
They were looking forward to the moment when an adult told them, "It will turn into a butterfly soon!
However, I felt that they were able to understand the importance of taking good care of insects
by watching the adults taking care of them.
I feel that the adults were able to understand how much they cared for the insects.
I hope that the adults were able to understand that even small insects have a life the same as human beings and
that every life is important.
I hope that the children will be able to understand that even though they are small, they have lives just like human beings and that every life is important.
