Move over busy bees, this month we’re meeting a different hard worker from the insect world: ants! 

We’ll be honest with you, we’re not always happy to see ants. Especially when we’re trying to have a nice picnic in the park; ants love our sandwiches and fruit just as much as we do and it can be tricky to share sometimes. 

That’s why we thought we should pick up An Ant’s Guide to Being an Ant: to better understand our little six-legged, creepy-crawly friends. This guide tells you everything you need to know about life as an ant and, best of all, our ant friends have a sense of humour! We laughed as we learnt – that’s our favourite way to learn. 

We hope you love learning about the ants you see every day and, maybe, you might find you have some things in common with them! 

Happy reading, 

Ruby and the WellRead Team x 

Things to think about and do: 

• It seems like ants are always busy doing something. Do you do any of the same activities as ants?
  

• Ants have a really great sense of smell – what can you smell right now?
  

• If you had to write a ‘Human’s Guide to Being Human’ what rules would you include
  

• Can you find: 

• An ant egg wearing a sun hat

• A clever ant mixing up new smells 

• A cheeky ant sweeping some mess under a rug 

• One ant reading a book

• Two ants patiently threading a sewing needle