Practical Science for Preschoolers...

A couple of weeks ago we had some unseasonably warm nights (or maybe they were perfectly seasonable, they were just much, much warmer than the previous few nights) and when I set something out on our little side porch, I noticed there were lots of slugs rolling around on and near it.

So Grant decided to bring a couple inside to show them to Kendra.

She was pretty hesitant to touch them, even though Daddy was clearly not being attacked by them or experiencing any melting flesh of any kind.  In her defense, they were awfully slimy...

She was happy to examine them more closely when we put them on a plate for her, though.  We considered keeping them longer (read: Grant suggested it and I determined I was only up for maintaining the current number of dependent organisms in our home alive and thriving.


But we had fun with them even though they were short term visitors and not long-term additions to our tribe.