the bug library

I was doing reading groups today in Gabby's grade three classroom when I heard about a scheme that one of the students had been running.

Each lunchtime this enterprising girl had set up under a tree with containers, habitats and bugs...and had started a bug library. 

You were able to borrow a bug and a container from her for a day, take it home and bring it back the next day.  She had staff to catch the bugs in the school playground, and individually crafted habitats for each bug.  There were pecking orders about who was able to borrow the bugs, and a strict roster and lending times for the bugs.

I am not sure what the bugs in the playground thought of this system, but insect life at the school appears to be scarce all of a sudden.  The bug hotline has run...well...hot.