Yesterday we found this snake skin behind our house. LG was terrified of it, was convinced it was a real snake and that the chicken stir fry we were eating for dinner was actually snake. "I don't want eat snake!"
I sat down with her, examined it, talked about it, showed her all the parts and after a while she mustered up the courage to touch it with one little finger.
This morning, she had a burst of bravery (I think she finally believed me that it wasn't a snake) and started to pick it up on her own. This led to discussions about how the snake took the skin off (she thinks with his fingers), where he is now (she thinks with his mommy) and what the snake's name is (she thinks Bob). I also used one of the advances in technology that I think is going to give her advances in her knowledge base, You Tube to watch videos of snakes shedding their skin. This was our favorite.
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