1. Some won't tell you their names while others know the answers to all your rhetorical questions.
2. Play-dough does NOT make a good sedimentary rock sample, but it is always fun to play with (and still smells great)!
3. Breaking rocks (geodes) with a hammer is a big hit...pun intended.:-)
4. Large sheets of crumpled brown paper and a box of crayons can keep them happy for a looooong time.
"Cave" drawings based on cave paintings of Lascaux and the book,
The Secret Cave by Emily Arnold McCully
5. The future geologists were fascinated with the quirky 10 rules to finding the perfect rock from the book: Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor (I LOVE this great read-aloud book). The book delightfully explains why everybody needs a rock through its fun and funny list. I highly recommend it for any new or seasoned rock collectors. Great for any kid's nature program or just a family day outside with the kids. Guaranteed, rock hunting will happen.
Last, but not least:
6. Kids like to smell rocks. (Their favorite rule):
Rule Number 9
Always sniff a rock.
Rocks have their own smells.
Some kids can tell by sniffing whether a rock came from the middle of the earth or from an ocean or from a mountain where wind and sun touched it every day for a million years.
You'll find out that grown-ups can't tell these things.
Too bad for them.
They just can't smell as well as kids can.
Always sniff a rock.
Rocks have their own smells.
Some kids can tell by sniffing whether a rock came from the middle of the earth or from an ocean or from a mountain where wind and sun touched it every day for a million years.
You'll find out that grown-ups can't tell these things.
Too bad for them.
They just can't smell as well as kids can.
And let the rock sniffing begin! What a great day!
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