Showing posts with label variation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label variation. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Can kids tell earthworms apart?

Here's how it went with Caleb (5) and me (42).

Me: Hey, Caleb, I have a question for you. Let's say there's a bunch of giraffes, grownup giraffes, some boys and some girls. Do you think those giraffes are different from each other?

Caleb: Yeah, they're different.

Me: Really? How?

Caleb: Their spots, they have different spots. And their necks too! Some are longer than others. Oh, and their personalities.

Me: Hmmm, cool. What about earthworms? Remember those earthworms we dug up last summer? Do you think they're different from each other?