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# How minibeasts move

How minibeasts move: crawling (ants, beetles), flying (butterflies, bees), slithering (worms, slugs), jumping (grasshoppers, fleas), burrowing (earthworms). Counting legs as a first step toward grouping creatures.

Subject: Science · Area: Insects & Minibeasts · Ages 5 to 7
Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/how-minibeasts-move-mt__7hXSTbu9s

## Ready when they can

- Describe at least three different ways minibeasts move such as crawling, flying, and slithering
- Match a minibeast to its way of moving, for example grasshoppers jump and worms slither
- Count legs on a minibeast and notice that ants have six while spiders have eight

## Lesson: How minibeasts move

Minibeasts move in many different ways. Some crawl. Some fly. Some slither, jump, or dig. Watching how it moves helps you know what it is.

*(drawing: An ant has six legs. Count them: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.)*

**Example.** Zara watches a grasshopper in the grass. Its back legs are long and strong. It jumps high into the air. A spider runs by on eight legs. Then a worm wriggles by. It has no legs at all. It slithers along the ground.

**Tip.** Look at how a minibeast moves before you name it. A jumper has strong back legs. A slitherer has no legs at all.

**Recap.** Minibeasts move in different ways: crawling, flying, slithering, jumping, and burrowing.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [Common minibeasts: naming and recognising](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/common-minibeasts-naming-and-recognising-mt_yR1moI5kX1)

## Opens up

- [The insect body plan](https://lightmysky.com/learn/science/the-insect-body-plan-mt_oNWXXAn3cn)