Spontaneity!

One thing I've learned over the years, to be more spontaneous as a teacher. I plan and organize and make sure everything happens in a day, but sometimes you just need to be flexible and spontaneous. Young children have taught me that. Today was one of those days. A child brought earthworms for the "E" letter of the week bag. Guess what we did during choice time? Dumped the dirt and worms in a tray, gathered around and did a lot of hands on learning with them.

 Go with the teachable moments. 

I first put the worms and dirt in a cup, but
that just wasn't working. One of
the worms tried to crawl out. So.......

In the tray the worms went. They didn't
really stay in the tray either. 

The children were very careful with them as
they picked them up with the tweezers.
None were squished.

Ms. Larisa measured a worm and pulled
a little too hard. Part of it broke off.
BUT, that part still moved and
actually grew. Crazy.

It takes two tweezers to control
this worm. 

We may be learning more about worms in the near future.......