"Where are the crabs going to play?”
Children’s attempts at creating a hermit crab maze
After the children’s first attempt at a maze for the hermit crabs, they realized it needed a base, “a floor,” and “high walls” to keep the hermit crabs inside. The second time the children built a hermit crab structure, they labeled it “a playground.,” and included every block from both shelves in the classroom. One of the children noticed how many blocks were being used in a small space and asked, “Where are the crabs going to play?”
This is the hermit crab maze at the end of the morning on Monday. We encouraged the children to revisit the maze multiple times throughout the week to add or take away what they thought was necessary.
This was the hermit crab in the middle of the week. The children noticed that there were a lot of blocks and other materials in the maze.
Here are two of the children's ideas about what the maze should look like.
