I have the opportunity to choose and explore a range of media and technologies to create images and objects, discovering their effects and suitability for specific tasks. Pentagon Play's amazing ‘Products Team’ has worked tirelessly over the past few months to create an incredible Bug Hotel unlike anything on the playground market.

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Each bottle must be cleaned carefully with their label removed and mouth cut off to ensure children can fill their bottles with the correct resources for mini-beast habitat. Collect cool bugs, then observe them on their own tiny playground: Go on a bug-collecting adventure, then bring your critters inside to watch them navigate the mini play structures as you learn about nature I have the freedom to discover and choose ways to create images and objects using a variety of materials. From herbs, lavender or even vegetables; children can choose to create a sensory garden, a vegetable garden or even a garden which will attract Bees and Butterflies.

recording findings using simple scientific language, drawings, labelled diagrams, keys, bar charts, and tables Our Log Store at the bottom of the Bug Hotel could become a home for beetles, woodlice, centipedes, slugs, ants and even earth worms.

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During development, we gained invaluable input and information from educational experts, teachers and bug specialistswho opened our eyes to many new ideas. Gardening Tool Set for children, with everything needed to help in the garden, or pretend play. A wooden caddy containing 3 x wooden handled garden tools and gardening accessory set, including gardening gloves. Our Bug Garden playground equipment unit is designed to encourage bees and bugs to feed and nest in your children’s play area. This activitygives children the responsibilityto carefully remove and return their pods while looking after the insects inside furtherdeveloping their PSEDand understanding of the world.This robust timber playground equipment unit is filled with rustic untreated logs to attract bugs, spiders, and other creepy-crawlies. It provides children with a unique opportunity to observe bugs exactly as they should – in their natural habitat.

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Once their pods are full and the insects have moved in, children are able to investigate, observe and identify what is living in their hotel through the clear pod. Catch, observe, and release tiny critters with this adorable playground designedjust for bugs. Watch your bugs summit the climbing wall, swim in the pool, and whoosh! go down the slide! Live Butterfly Hatching Kit enables you to see caterpillars mysteriously transform into chrysalises then hatch into beautiful butterflies. It's time to learn more about the amazing new features of our Bug Hotel... 16 individual ‘bug pods’Children will have to independently select and use the right equipment before returning the items to the correct location leaving the area neat and tidy for the next class or group of children to use. We can also provide the Bug Hotel without the polycarbonatetubes giving schools an alternative option. Instead of the tubes, you can encouragechildren to collect plastic bottles and use them as a home for creepy crawlies. This primary resource assists with covering the following Expressive Arts Early level objectives from the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence: This is the perfect addition to any outdoor school playground or nature corner, where children can discover the natural world in a fun and unique way. Illustrated booklet digs into the science behind the fun: Kids learn how to choose, feed, and care for their critters and discover fascinating facts about them