Forest Findings

As we head into a new week of school, the kids were able to explore the forest before the heat of the day settled in. While exploring the outside, E found some friends from another room closely inspecting some dirt in the ground. She decided that she also wanted to look a little closer at the findings on the ground. After a few moments E asked to use a few different bug collecting materials. She came across a rock, a small container, and tweezers. 

"I'm going to use this rock to draw. I don't see bugs. Maybe I can find an ant."

E dug for a few minutes and noticed some others around her collecting various materials. She, too, was interested in starting her own collection. 

"I need this collector to hold things."

"We can look for rocks!"

Soon E found herself holding a container with a few rocks barely fitting. It wasn't until B found his way over to her and offered to contribute to her collection that they noticed the larger rocks weren't fitting into the container. B attempted to drop rocks into the container, but also found that the larger rocks were not fitting in the small hole.

"They don't fit, I think the small ones go in." - E

Within minutes the pair worked tirelessly to fit as many small rocks into the container. They were proud of the amount of rocks they found and wanted to grow their collection and share with others. 

"Look the little ones fit. I am going to find all small ones that fit."

At the end of our time at the forest E & B worked together to find what fit and what didn't. Instead of forcing the large rocks into the small opening, they changed direction and were able to find a compromise on what they were collecting. By stepping back and observing, E & B were able to come to the realization on their own that not every rock they found would fit and therefore they needed to find smaller rocks to fulfill their desire to collect.