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Children spotted learning about ladybugs
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Giulia looked at the ladybugs in the container with a magnifying glass during the Sprout Club ladybug event on June 16 at Fellows Riverside Gardens.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Gabby released her ladybugs on the roses in the rose garden at Fellows Riverside Gardens on June 16 during the Sprout Club ladybug event.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The children at the Sprout Club ladybug program at Fellows Riverside Gardens on June 16 searched through a container to find as many bugs as they could.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Giulia let the ladybugs go on the roses in the rose garden at Fellows Riverside Gardens on June 16 during the Sprout Club ladybug event.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The children looked at the ladybugs on the ground they released during the Sprout Club ladybug event at Fellows Riverside Gardens on June 16.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
Children met at Fellows Riverside Gardens for the monthly Sprout Club program on June 16 and learned all about ladybugs.
Mill Creek MetroParks interns, Wendy and Paige, led Sprout Club and taught the children about ladybugs and how they help gardens and different plants. The children started off the program with a coloring sheet to color in their own ladybug.
A strip of red construction paper, black dots and pipe cleaners were supplied for the children to make a ladybug headband to transform themselves into a ladybug. The black dots were placed on red paper to give it spots, and the pipe cleaners were stuck on top of the red paper for the antenna.
Dressed up as ladybugs, the children each got a small container with two ladybugs inside of them. Magnifying glasses were passed around for the children to examine the ladybugs closely. After everyone had the chance to look at the ladybugs, they went outside to the rose garden and the children released their ladybugs onto the roses. The children watched their ladybugs fly into the rose garden and then they got to run around flapping their arms to pretend they were ladybugs.
Toward the end of the program, the children made their way to an outside patio to participate in one last activity and enjoy a snack. The children looked for plastic bugs in a big container filled with gravel and other small objects. The children tried to see who could find the most bugs and who could find the only ladybug hidden in the container. When all of the bugs were found, a snack of strawberries, chocolate chips, pretzels and other foods were put together to look like a ladybug for the children to enjoy.
The next Sprout Club program in July will teach children about sunflowers.