after talking about several different types of eggs we decided to try our hand at making a nest. i asked my first grader ahead of time if he thought it would be as easy for us to make one as it is for the birds. “no, because we don’t have a beak to cut the branches with.”
after weaving it together with the stuff that my 6, 4, and 2 year olds brought me i had them hold it and feel of it. and asked them if they thought it was as good as the birds’ nests. “um, yeah, well, no, because it’s not real strong.” i asked if they thought it would hold eggs. “no, not really.” indeed.
and then j went inside, unprompted, to make “eggs” for the nest. “they’re polka-dotted, mama.”
