Lucy (4yrs old) is having an ongoing, weeks-long (so far) discussion about what her body is made of. She starts with ticking things off on her fingers, “water, blood, bones, muscle, and” (she tilts her head for emphasis) “what else?” I mentioned organs and blood vessels and arteries and tissue, but, I said, “not the same tissue you use to wipe your nose.” She replied, “so where are the paper towels inside our bodies?” as she showed me a book full of diagrams of muscle and nervous and other systems.
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Leanne Waldal
City Hiker, MUNI rider, Parent, Early Adopter, Cocktail Mixer, LGBT rights activist, Chief Scientist and Usability Curmudgeon and Bug Finder at OTIVO, Reader, Pianist, married to Moya
San Francisco, CA
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Jordan just finished a science section at school about the body and has been reading about matter and asking similar questions.