I don't know why I started thinking about praying mantises, but I did. We had one in my kindergarten classroom that I got to take home one weekend...it didn't make it back to school. Who knew it was so difficult to care for a praying mantis? Then there was the time I unknowingly took in the egg case of a praying mantis. I was in my second or third year of teaching then, I had no clue what it was when someone brought it in. It sat in the classroom for sometime, until I came into work one day to find what seemed like thousands of tiny praying mantises climbing around the back of my room. How would I gather them up? Could they be saved? Wasn't it against the law to kill one?
My brain raced as I conjured up every memory I had of the odd little creatures as well as a few thoughts that were completely unrelated to my initial memory. I looked up to see the light had turned green--it was time to move on down the road and onto another thought.
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Sometimes, in the vast array of topics that teachers cover, I believe that teachers store these, & they appear at odd moments, like at a red light. It's a fun story, but you didn't tell what happened to the babies!
ReplyDeleteThe mind works in amazing ways! It's interesting to read what's on everyone's mind. Praying mantis encounters?
ReplyDeleteAh, you sparked a memory for me too. Our class praying mantis had babies at the end of the year. Our teacher gave each of us two babies with the instructions to feed them live food. The ant ate my praying mantis babies. Ugh! It's amazing the memories we store. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your slice. I didn't know classrooms had praying mantises as pets.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy preying mantises and your thoughts about them. The spring and summer months will fill our posts!!!
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