Renee and the ladybug (Asian beetle)

Value Learning: I was out in the back yard with a three year old the other day when she discovered a lady bug. It was a beautiful September day and the ladybug was not red but it was orange. She had it between her fingers and was trying to see what it was doing. When it fell onto the grass, I found a leaf for it to crawl upon so that we could be gentler. It crawled off the leaf and onto her arm. She patiently let it crawl and I again brought the leaf under its body so that we could change its location. After a few minutes it dropped again into the grass and we decided that we should let him play. We talked about the lady bug and the things it would eat and spoke about its life. What a delightful learning experience for us, together, as we celebrated the value of learning – the value of learning about nature.