1/4 Bug hotels serve as an act of empathy & are a playful way to encourage compassion/ nurture an ethic of care towards living things. B/c the alternative is to teach kids how to effectively kill living things, which doesn’t line up very well with our core competencies #sd38learn

2/4 Our bug hotel serves as an all inclusive destination holiday resort for garden pests https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐌" title="Snail" aria-label="Emoji: Snail"> they are thoughtfully relocated by students who recognize they might be less helpful in the garden than some of our other garden critters are https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐞" title="Lady beetle" aria-label="Emoji: Lady beetle"> #sd38learn

3/4 Bug hotels are an amazing example of the emergent curriculum in practice as well. We don’t plan on finding slugs and snails in our garden, but when we do, they can be studied and included in our broader understanding of life cycles and food chains. #sd38learn

4/4 Heading back to school next week? Consider building a bug hotel with your students! Full post on my blog with ideas & tips. If you’re on Pinterest, I’ve got an entire board of curated ideas from around the globe to inspire your creations! https://pin.it/5ApEB0g ">https://pin.it/5ApEB0g&q... #sd38learn