Quick back story --> One student had about 7 pieces of candy corn in her lunch each day for a number of days in a row. I commented that I couldn't possibly eat only 7, to which she said she did not pack her own lunch or she would have more too. I then proceeded to explain how I can't even buy candy corn because I eat it much too quickly, and I explained that this was definitely a dilemma. She and the other student perked up and decided we should build a machine of some kind to control the amount I could eat every day. Every so often, I have checked back in with them, saying, we should really build that...some day...
It was all meant as a joke, but these two girls took me seriously. They made a simple machine to dispense small amounts of candy - they couldn't find any candy corn at this time of year so they used Hershey kisses instead - and they shared it with the class today -->
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| "machine" in action |
The fact that they took this project so "seriously" pretty much made my day. I love the creativity of these kiddos!
When the other students asked why they made it, I said (jokingly), "To keep Ms. Foyle from getting fat."
(That's a little joke.)
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