Corrected (child-friendly) sentence:
An echidna's nose feels tiny wiggles. That helps it find bugs.
Notes on the original sentence:
- The original sentence, "An echidna's nose can feel tiny wiggles, so it knows where the bugs are," is grammatically okay.
- For a 3-year-old, shorter sentences are easier to understand. Splitting it into two sentences makes it clearer.
Step-by-step explanation for a 3-year-old:
- "An echidna's nose" — this means the echidna has a nose.
- "feels tiny wiggles" — the nose can feel little movements (wiggles).
- "That helps it find bugs" — because the nose feels wiggles, the echidna knows where the bugs are and can eat them.
You can read it slowly and point to a picture of an echidna while saying it: "An echidna's nose feels tiny wiggles. That helps it find bugs."