Scientific Inquiry
So what do you do if…
Your son comes and tell you there are “strange creatures” in a bucket in the backyard.
And upon further investigation, they turn out to be mosquito larva.
And as you go to dump the big bucket, your children decide that they need some, to have.
And as they watch their “flippers”, they start asking all sorts of questions and making observations.
“Mommy, what do they eat?”
“…. maybe they eat SOUND!”
“Mommy, they swim down into the sand when they see me looking at them.”
“Mommy! Maybe mosquitos don’t bite because they drink blood; maybe they bite because they are scared of us!”
Meanwhile Chava is putting sand into her water, and stirring it up for them. And trying to hold them in her hands… ”
So, what do you do, as a homeschooling mama, with two buckets of mosquitos on your back porch? Do you leave them there? Or dump them out?
I suspect we’ll have many similar dilemas around here…
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:02 pm
LOL! That’s too cute! We’ve been harboring earthworms lately. And today we unearthed some strange caterpillars. At the end of the day you can hear mommy yelling to “let the creatures go now!” We ended up checking out a bunch of books about worms, snails, mushrooms, and ants. Earthworms are now Joanna’s favorite animals.
October 22nd, 2009 at 3:39 pm
we say goodbye, little mosquitoes! we are sorry you are not healthy for us to be around, maybe you’ll find a new home down the street as we pour out the bucket and watch you ride the river rapids away from our house! (and mommy hopes you run out of water along the way and die a witherey death…) =)