Resin Weevil Platyrhinus resinosus This large beetle is found across the whole of Europe north to the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia, northwest Africa, Iran, Israel, Ukraine, and east into western Siberia (Russia). It is usually hibernating at this time of year (sleeping through the cold months of the winter) and can sometimes be found resting […]
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Do you know how to pretend to be an animal? Do you know how to imagine being other creatures? In Yoga, as we will see in the upcoming Eenie yoga lessons, Imagining is a very useful skill! If you can pretend to be an animal, then you can do yoga. And you just might experience
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Eenie is a snail with a rainbow or psychedelic sparkly shell that has magic like qualities to shine, sparkle and uplift. While usually snails are not considered to be lovable in fact snails have become pets in some places. In Cuba, for example, there are really beautiful colourful snails that look very like Eenie – who
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There are 1.4 billion insects for each one of us. Today, many species are faced with extinction. Individually, insects may not seem really interesting – unless you get down on the ground or view them under a microscope to look at their amazing complexity. Actually they are the invisible force working throughout the world to keep it
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Life is a real learning adventure and as we grow up we are asked to learn to think – and while we grow up we can become our special selves and have our own way of thinking and feeling. We can express ourselves to others. We learn to speak, we learn to smile and laugh,
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We all learn colours, numbers and the alphabet at primary school. People often call this at school the three R’s – reading, writing and arithmetic! These help us to do many things like explain what we see, what we want to do, to communicate with our family and friends – to enjoy ourselves! Numbers are
Most of the people – human beings – live in this world and follow time according to the solar calendar that has been developed. On Planet Earth our time and schedule follow the movements of the different planets ? , as well as the Moon ? and the stars ? Every day we have
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There are so many days to remind us of our wonderful Planet Earth and Nature’s beauty. Following International Forests’ Day on 21 March, Earth Day on 22 April and, prior to World Environment Day on 5 June, on May 16th each year National Love a Tree Day celebrates the special gifts trees give. Designated in
Eenie is a very very special snail – he has a magical shell that not only protects him but also helps him. Most of the colours are like a rainbow and change often – they are truly magical. Eenie’s world is really colourful. Colour is everywhere! Look around you. How many colours can you see?
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Eenie is a snail and he has a sparkly slug cousin. Snails and slugs are both called gastropods, originating from the Greek words gastros (stomach) and podos (foot). There are some 60,000 types of snails and slugs! They can live on land and in water. If you have seen a snail in an aquarium eating
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