Meaning: The ants shared information using the things on their heads that they used to smell and touch.
Choice of Words: Communicated: Shared information. Antennae: The things on an ant's head that it uses to smell and touch.
Alternative Expressions
The ants chatted using their feelers.
Meaning: This means the same thing as the first sentence, but it uses different words to make it more fun and easy to understand for a child.
Choice of Words:Chatted is a more informal way of saying communicated. Feelers is another word for antennae.
Ants talk with their little antennas.
Meaning: This means the same thing as the first two sentences, but it uses even simpler words to make it easier for a young child to understand.
Choice of Words:Talk is another simple way of saying communicated. Little is added to antennas to make it clear that we're talking about the ants' small antennae.