How many insects have you seen today without noticing? A ladybird on a leaf, an ant on the path, a bee on a flower. Tiny creatures are everywhere, and today we learn their German names and where they live.

Here are today's eight insects. Tap each one, listen, then say it back together. Watch the article: some take der and some take die.

Then we join each insect to a place with one shared frame:

Our places sit in a German school garden and park:

• im Schulgarten (in the school garden)
• am Teich (by the pond)
• im Gras (in the grass)
• im Haus (in the house)
• unter dem Stein (under the stone)

Keep the place bank on the board:

• im Schulgarten · am Teich · im Gras · im Haus · unter dem Stein

First, whisper the frame together once. Then spin the wheel. When it lands on an insect, say the German word with its article, then finish the sentence with a place from the bank.

A garden picture goes up on the board, and the insect words sit beside it as tags. When a classmate drags a tag onto the right spot, say the German word together with its article. Then be ready to make a short sentence about that insect and where it lives, using our frame: Die/Der ___ lebt ___.