Welcome to Lady Buggy!

We provide Calgary area schools and homeschools with in-class science enrichment programs, specializing in insects and other invertebrates and including live animal handling. In other words, we bring bugs into classrooms and your students will have the chance to hold them! The learning is truly hands-on and the real live animals are just the beginning. Multiple styles of learning are activated with games, costumes, microscopes, and more as the students rotate through stations filled with learning that is engaging, unique, and of course, hugely fun.

With the science curriculum changing for grades 1-3, it’s hard to say at this point where the curriculum tie-ins will be. However, here are some examples of the previous curriculum linked activities for your reference: the Ladybug Puppet Picnic for Grade 1 (Needs of Plants and Animals), the Black-light Pollination Hunt for Grade 2 (Small Crawling and Flying Creatures), and a Life Cycle Relay Race for grade 3 (Life Cycles). If any teachers have suggestions for rearranging program offerings to be more in line with current grade requirements, I’d be glad to hear them!

The specific bugs we bring may vary but typically include isopods, vinegaroons, tarantulas, giant millipedes, darkling beetles and caterpillars. All of them are safe and the children will be closely supervised while interacting with them.

We can even customize activities according to your learning needs! Some unique ideas have included using insects as high school art drawing subjects, and using tarantulas to talk about overcoming fears of “scary” creatures at Halloween. Kids of all ages are fascinated by bugs and the possibilities for learning are endless. Do you have an idea? Lets talk!

Are you ready to book the most memorable in-class field trip you’ve ever had?

See “In-Person Programs” for more details, then call or email to talk to Georgia. Can’t wait to hear from you!

Lady Buggy is a fantastic program! Georgia & Sarah were highly engaging. Their enthusiasm about these incredible creatures was contagious and had even my most reserved students stepping outside their comfort zone to learn and engaging with the different insects. The program was an excellent mix of presentation and hands on exploration, complete with live insects students could observe and sometimes even hold. These ladies were not only wonderful with the students, they were extremely knowledgeable about invertebrates, teaching in such a way that allowed students grasp the scientific information without feeling overwhelmed. My students loved the Lady Buggy program and it is one that we will be inviting back to our classroom.

K. Berg, Langevin School, Calgary

Lady Buggy came well prepared for my group of preschoolers, ages 4-6 years of age. She came with a huge assortment of live creatures, that we viewed through handheld microscopes, in her hands, and in their own environment. She was engaging and educating for their age level, and held their attention using a variety of teaching methods. The effects of this program were long lasting, as the children often spoke about how helpful spiders were long after this class was over, and would stop and inspect insects more carefully when outside. I can’t wait to have her come again!

C. Parker, Playtography, Calgary