Theme Conversation: The Power of Care (with the science demonstration: The Egg Drop)
Theme Conversation: CARE You might wonder why I’m beginning our Theme Conversation by pulling along this mother duck who’s carrying her egg. If we help the mother duck carry her egg with care, see, it’s just beautiful; the Mother duck is happy. The egg is happy. Some of us who participated in VBS last summer would know what ‘Action Word’ we learned with the science activity Drop Egg. Of course, this mother duck will never drop her egg, as long as I lead her with care. Yes! CARE! I’m going to show you The Power of Care! (DEMONSTRATION OF THE DROP EGG) Fill a large plastic drinking glass about three quarters full with water. Center a pie pan on top of the glass. Place the toilet paper roll on the pie pan. With care, set the egg on top of the tube! “I’m going to have to act with CARE so that, hopefully, eggs and water don’t go everywhere!” Look! What has just happened? Has the egg been safely dropped right in the water? With CARE, everyone is safe, happy, i