[Rockhounds] fossil for 4 yr. old

[Gene Hartstein - Fossilnut.com]

Where do you live?

As a general rule I ask parents to give the rules to children that age or younger:

  a.. Don't eat it or put it in your nose or mouth
  b.. Likewise don't put it in your little brother's nose, ear or mouth
  c.. Don't throw it at anyone or anything
  d.. Don't use it to hit the cat (or anything else)

I'm sure you all get the picture. Almost always children respond positively to that message if it is given in the right tone and explained as a set of safety rules. However, I once gave a show to a group of fourth graders. each child received a little baggie with a shark tooth, a piece of petrified wood, and another fossil. The teacher told me it wasn't long before a few trouble makers in the group were using the shark teeth to stick their classmates.

This spring I took a group of cub scouts collecting, showed them what to look for, and gave them some web sites to go on to identify what they found. They had a splendid time. getting kids excited about nature is a wonderful thing.


Gene Hartstein
Newark, Delaware


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <VevaBailey at aol.com>
To: <rockhounds at lists.drizzle.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 12:49 AM
Subject: [Rockhounds] fossil for 4 yr. old


> Hello List;
> 
> Does anyone have a small fossil they could donate to a young man 4 years  old?
> He is into rocks and fossils!!!
> This child maybe only 4 years old, but way beyond most other  children.
> His Grandmother, Carol, a friend of mine has been giving him rocks to add  to 
> his collection and she would like to give him a small fossil. 
> Carol called him and told him she had a geode for him and it has made him  
> very excited.
> She thinks he maybe grow up to be a geologist or paleontologist.
> Carol's Grandson's name is Kai and speaks and writes Japanese and  English.
> Let me know if someone can donate a fossil and I will email my address  or 
> Carol's address.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Veva Bailey
> 
> 
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