One of my second-graders loves to crush pretzels on the floor.
I may be exaggerating.
He’s done it twice.
Once into the carpet – that was a big mess.
And today just a small pretzel crushing.
Both he cleaned up, of course.
Natural consequences for the win.
My student teacher wonders if maybe it was just so fun to crunch them under his feet, like a sensory experience.
I wonder if we could find bubble wrap.
I say how I love to crunch acorns under my feet.
She shares how she purposely walks on leaves for the crunch.
And later as I take my afternoon dog walk, and step with intention on those acorns, I think again of Mardi who loved the crunch of acorns on a walk.
I wonder if I could collect acorns and sticks and leaves and bubble wrap and we could see what he likes best.
Or, we could have a March Madness bracket of things that are fun to crunch under our feet with the whole class!
acorns
sticks
leaves
bubble wrap
gravel
ice
What else could we do a crunch investigation with?