BEV--STOP READING HERE! (Contains spider pics)
We have a new classroom pet. My students found a tarantula outside our classroom the other day. We captured it in a jar with the intention of moving it to another area--away from the school. FYI--I'm NOT a spider or creature kind of person, but I let them look at it for a few minutes to take advantage of the "teaching moment" and after a few minutes they were begging me to keep it as a classroom pet. We don't have any other class pets, so I felt a little bad for depriving them of the opportunity, but wished they were asking for goldfish or hamster and not a huge, hairy spider! I thought about it for a little while and decided that if they committed to taking care of it--everything from food to shelter--then they could keep it. They brought in all the food, aquarium things, and promised to take it home over holidays. They also make sure he's happy and healthy every day. They absolutely love it--even the girls. They named it Fang. I never thought I'd see this day, but my students were very persuasive--maybe this lapse of judgment could be blamed on pregnancy!
P.S. Bev is Kai's step mom and has a HUGE fear of spiders, so the warning at the beginning was absolutely necessary to keep her from stumbling across terrifying pictures;-)
We have a new classroom pet. My students found a tarantula outside our classroom the other day. We captured it in a jar with the intention of moving it to another area--away from the school. FYI--I'm NOT a spider or creature kind of person, but I let them look at it for a few minutes to take advantage of the "teaching moment" and after a few minutes they were begging me to keep it as a classroom pet. We don't have any other class pets, so I felt a little bad for depriving them of the opportunity, but wished they were asking for goldfish or hamster and not a huge, hairy spider! I thought about it for a little while and decided that if they committed to taking care of it--everything from food to shelter--then they could keep it. They brought in all the food, aquarium things, and promised to take it home over holidays. They also make sure he's happy and healthy every day. They absolutely love it--even the girls. They named it Fang. I never thought I'd see this day, but my students were very persuasive--maybe this lapse of judgment could be blamed on pregnancy!
P.S. Bev is Kai's step mom and has a HUGE fear of spiders, so the warning at the beginning was absolutely necessary to keep her from stumbling across terrifying pictures;-)
that is so gross. ewwwwwwwwww.... as caleb likes to say. :)
ReplyDeleteoh, and i commented back about the stroller.
ReplyDeleteThat's kind of fun! Every once in a while we have a resident tarantula in our house. Last year we even got to have a mommy tarantula with her egg sac in one of our rooms. I've grown to tolerate tarantulas since they eat the other creepy crawlies that like to live in our house.
ReplyDeleteWe are planning to be "home" for Christmas. In fact, I fly to Michigan next week. Ruan will come a couple weeks after. We will be at GYC in San Jose, CA from the 17th to the 21st of December. We'd love to see you if you can make the drive!
What a pet. Kim has a beta fish and the other day when a student was carrying it back to her desk after cleaning the bowl, he dropped it and fishy went flying. Alas he was rescued by Miss Kim and put into a chemistry beaker until a new bowl could be found. Enjoy your furry pet.
ReplyDeleteVery cool.. I would get one for my room, but I think I would be the only one that would ever hold it. =)
ReplyDeleteKristi that spider is HUGE!! I can not believe Fang lives in your class room you are such a good teacher! WOW I still can't get over how big he is....
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