This week, we learned about squirrels and played a game of Squirrel Memory! Squirrels will cache up to 25 things an hour and remember the location of all of it. We found that fascinating! We thought it'd be fun to see how good our memories are compared to our squirrel friends. We played outside with pinecones first but found it was better suited for an inside activity. Inside, we could use anything to hide and not have to worry about what's safe for the animals.
First, we grabbed "nuts" to hide. When we played outside, we wanted to be sure the "nuts" were identifiable but also safe for the animals. We painted a bit of peanut butter on them so we'd know which ones were a part of the game. Inside we used small beanbags from a toss game.
The kids hid 10 "nuts" and worked hard to remember where they put them!
The first round, they went searching for the "nuts" an hour later. Alexa helped with a "find your acorns!" timer! They found all of them and felt they could remember even longer!
The second round, they went searching for their buried treasure two hours after hiding! It was much harder to find everything. In fact, we're still missing two.
If you can make it two hours and find everything, can you make it overnight? A week?How long could your littles wait while still finding all of their food buried for winter?
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