"But Where Did It Come From?"

While out in the play yard, the children noticed a perfect, dry circle in the wood chips after a morning of heavy rain. K asked the children around him, "Where did it come from?"

The children took a few moments to ponder the circle.

As K and G observed the circle, E made an exciting discovery: "Hey! There's a tire over here! That's maybe what made the circle over there!"

I posed a question to help the children further their thinking: "Why would the ground in this circle be dry when all the other ground is so wet?"

G: "I know! The tire was here when it was raining before...before we came outside. So that part of the ground didn't even get wet."

E: "Maybe we should move it back over here."

K: "Yeah, then it can stay dry under there!"

E: "It's pretty heavy!"

E: "Hey, we moved it!"

G: "Now the ground will be dry."