2006-10-16 04:11:12 · 7 answers · asked by Vancouver Island Marmot 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Paint the ends of a bunch of popsicle sticks blue. Add a white paint dot to some of them. Name all the blue ended sticks a 'species' and the white do sticks a 'subspecies' for the 5 year old.
We taught our daughter algebra at 3 with popsicle sticks. She 'got' Venn diagrams, equations, and other stuff, and she loved painting sticks!
She's 25 and in med school now. Thanks for reviving those fun memories!!!
2006-10-16 04:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by nora22000 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would you want to? I have a hard time believing that she just walked up to you and said "Daddy, what is a subspecies?". Why try to fill her head full of information that she is not ready for? Make the answer appropriate to her age. I am sure that you can find a way to explain what she wanted to know without using terminology that is over her head. Think about it.
Good luck!
Blessings
Lady T
2006-10-16 11:17:38 · answer #2 · answered by Lady Trinity 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ditto. Why does a 5 year old need to know about subspecies? Can they even read yet?
2006-10-16 11:16:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't understand why you would need to explain this to a 5 year old in the first place. Let the difficult science stuff come when he's going to school and let the teacher explain these things to him/her. There is no reason I can think of to have to explain this at all at this age.
2006-10-16 13:21:26 · answer #4 · answered by Laurie K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Subspecies' is a highly scientific zoological term. Why should you need to explain it to a five year old?
Not even sure I fully understand it.
2006-10-16 11:16:01 · answer #5 · answered by langdonrjones 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yikes! That's difficult. With a 5 yr. old, I would use picture examples.
2006-10-16 11:15:18 · answer #6 · answered by Kelly S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i really feel stupid cos i dont even know what it is : )
2006-10-16 11:56:08 · answer #7 · answered by sexy j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋