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Provocation: Apple & Pear

This group was presented with an apple and a pear. We had to wash our hands before eating them. A. said, "We have to wash the apple." I told him I'd already washed it. He replied, "But there's no water on it." I told him it was dry, then realized I should let him go and wash it, the same way we washed our hands. So he did. B. had an apple in his hand and said, "I need a manifying glass." He went and got the magnifying glass to look at the apple and he shared it with the other children at the table so they could look too. C. is new to speaking English. I cut the apple into pieces for him and counted 1,2,3,4. I realized that I should learn the Polish numbers to help connect with him. I asked: Do you like apples? Do you like pears? Do you like falling down the stairs? Do you like white? Do you like pink? Do you like falling down the sink? Would you like to do that. "No, you'd get hurt?" said D. B. talked about the app