Yesterday, there was much excitement on the playground when Nicholas found a little hopping creature. I captured the little guy, and we brought him inside to determine whether he was a frog or toad. We decided to do some research using Safe Search Kids (powered by Google), which found us some websites. After reading that toads have brown, dry, bumpy skin, and do not live near water, we were pretty sure we had a toad.
Unfortunately, when we arrived at school this morning, we found our toad was no longer living. There was much discussion among the children ("Maybe he is just asleep," and "Let's feed him and then he will be okay,"), we talked about the reality at Morning Meeting. After quiet time, we buried the toad outside of our classroom.
I was very proud of how the children conducted themselves during our funeral for toad. They were serious and respectful, and I told them that we will always remember the time we found toad on the playground. Nicholas sang a little song for toad as we went back inside.
Unfortunately, when we arrived at school this morning, we found our toad was no longer living. There was much discussion among the children ("Maybe he is just asleep," and "Let's feed him and then he will be okay,"), we talked about the reality at Morning Meeting. After quiet time, we buried the toad outside of our classroom.
I was very proud of how the children conducted themselves during our funeral for toad. They were serious and respectful, and I told them that we will always remember the time we found toad on the playground. Nicholas sang a little song for toad as we went back inside.