Over the last few weeks small groups of children have continued to investigate the slugs in Studio Red. As they search for the slugs, set up habitats on trays, and watch them move over rocks and under bark, these children have been asking questions.
Where are they?
Are they sleeping?
What kind of slugs will come out of the eggs?
Are they babies?
How do they eat?
Do they need more water?
Do they want to go back with their parents?
This week we focused in together on one question.
How many slugs do we have?
We look, we count, we add, we record.
We share our work with the whole group.
Our small group counted nineteen slugs. But another small group counted more. Ray and Sevi. Lyla
We counted to twenty-three. Ray
We found four slugs. Sevi
These ones are not counted and these are counted. Cuz we don’t want to count them again. Arya
Why did you say not counted? Charlie
See? N-O-T. Lyla
We need it counted to go in here. Arya
Like our work folders, not done and done. Lauri
Does that make more sense to you Charlie? Graeme
Yeah, but then how come Ray and Sevi took from there? Charlie, pointing to the “counted” jar.
Did you guys count this one? Lyla
Yeah. Ray
And then put them in there. Beatrice
