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To send this in for show and tell?

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FasterThanASnakeAndAMongoose · 30/04/2016 20:43

Dd is 2.2 and has recently started preschool. They do show and tell once a week. I bought this crab the other day. We prepared it and ate it together.

I think that the shell would be an interesting show and tell. Dd is fascinated by it.

Dh thinks I'll forever be known as the weird parent who sent a crab in. Thoughts?

Incidentally, he came out beautifully from the dishwasher Grin

To send this in for show and tell?
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WhispersFFSunderBreath · 04/05/2016 13:40

It wasn't for show and tell, but a child in my class bought a gammon joint in one day!

SukeyTakeItOffAgain · 04/05/2016 13:43

My sister wanted to take in a dead herring gull she found on the beach when she was in Reception.

A crab is perfect!

whojamaflip · 04/05/2016 13:53

Not exactly show and tell but my ds once took the entire digestive system from tongue to bum of a pig in when he was in year 4 - they were doing digestion and he quite calmly mentioned to the teacher that we were putting our pigs in the freezer and she asked if he could get hold of it - his mates are still talking about the lesson 5 years later Grin

tapdancingmum · 04/05/2016 13:57

I would send it but tell your DD what to say. There is nothing worse than a child bringing something in and you having to drag the information from them (it's like pulling teeth sometimes).

We are thinking is stopping show and tell as they bring in any toot they can find and don't even know what it is. The best one we had recently was a shed snake skin (thankfully not still attached!) but getting them to talk sometimes is so hard.

I will look out for a crab shell Smile

Clandestino · 04/05/2016 14:14

It's really cool. I'd send it.

thingamijig · 04/05/2016 14:16

I once took in a dead bat for show an tell. My aunt had bats living in her attic and we found one dead hanging from her curtains in the front room. I kept it on a wee yoghurt pot in the fridge and took it in. The teacher was horrified as I remember but the kids loved it!! Not sure what happened to my wee bat after. Poor mum probably had to sneak it away from me and put it in the bin before it decomposed! Grin

dorisdog · 04/05/2016 14:43

The only time our local school intervened in a show and tell, was when a little girl brought in a plastic bag of pheasant hearts (!). (we do live in the country - the kids are obsessed with dead things)

PregnantAndEngaged · 04/05/2016 15:02

Send it in, it's an awesome idea! :) They'll just be jealous at your interesting show and tell when they send their child in with a crayon drawing of stickmen or the like.

AlbertaWildRose · 04/05/2016 16:57

When DS1 was 4, he wanted to bring his baby sister in for Show and Tell. If you ever want to see what it feels like to be a rock star, bring in a 6-week-old baby to a kindergarten class. Smile They were practically mobbing her, they were so excited.

Hygellig · 04/05/2016 17:47

I thought you meant a live crab at first. A shell would be an interesting thing to send in.

whomovedmychocolate · 04/05/2016 20:09

I sent in a mummified gecko, the kids were fascinated and the TA (who was pregnant) hurled. It was a MAGNIFICENT day Grin

SpaceDinosaur · 04/05/2016 21:47

I agree with the PP who said that there's nothing worse than a child with something to show and tell but massively lacks the inclination to "tell" 🤔

ive never had show and tell myself as a child... Or I have never remembered one.
Sad times!

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FasterThanASnakeAndAMongoose · 04/05/2016 23:29

I agree - nothing worse than the child who has an interesting item but has nothing to say about it. We don't have this problem with dd I'm pleased to say. I fear her younger brother may never actually get a word in edgeways. He might make a good show and tell item for next week though!!

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GrandMarmoset · 05/05/2016 01:21

Definitely. Far more interesting and educational than most of the crap brought in.

CharlieJamie · 05/05/2016 01:24

That's super cool! At least the teacher will be interested! My son seems to want to bring in Daddy's shoe, for next month Hmm due to him not being that familiar with laces - eh, I bet his teacher will love that! I wish he had a crab :)

AGnu · 05/05/2016 01:38

When I was 9 someone in my class brought in his pet rat. It was a proper huge one & sat on his arm like a parrot! I was utterly awestruck & went on to keep rats myself. 20 years later I can still picture that moment! Smile

feathermucker · 05/05/2016 07:30

Absolutely take it in! Excellent

2catsnowaiting · 05/05/2016 11:11

In my kids school a crab shell would be really boring, as they are right by the beach which is cluttered with crab shells and claws and oyster shells from the seafront seafood restaurant which litters its shells back onto the beach to become one with the sea.

BUT in any normal school I think kids would love it.

GKLN54 · 05/05/2016 11:15

I sent DD in to school with a redundant wasps nest. Honestly, we really did check it. I was mega cool mummy of the week! It went on the nature table with all the stuff the smart mummies had bought at the science museum. Seemed it wasn't redundant though - the entire planets population of earwigs hatched within 24 hours. The kids loved it apparently...

GKLN54 · 05/05/2016 11:26

Oh and our local farmers children used to bring (small) still birth animals to Biology for examination - can remember them now, and one of my friends fainting every time. At DD school, they're now banned from dissecting a lot of 'parts' since one of the boys decided to swallow an ox's eyeball. A crab shell is so much more sensible - not weird at all

newnamejustfornow · 05/05/2016 13:44

I know that we are the weird parents, after DD(6) insisted that the class bear that was with us for half term had to have photos with my skeleton (3ft one that lives in the lounge, and whom DD told her best friend that it used to be her sister), the skull with removable brain (I do psychology!) and a bottle of beer Grin

marmiteloversunite · 05/05/2016 13:51

When I was teaching year one, a child brought in a dressed crab. He told me it was a crab and as it was wrapped up I put it in the show and tell box to do later in the day. Three days later I was wondering what the smell was. When I opened the crab bag it was full of very smelly crab meat and dripped rank liquid all over me and the carpet. I was very careful with what I put in the show and tell box after that!

swelchphr · 05/05/2016 14:07

I think the children will think it's great!

Alicadabra · 05/05/2016 15:50

Our cat caught (and killed) a bat, which DD then insisted on taking to show her classmates. They all loved it. She ended up taking it round the entire school to show everyone. For days afterwards, I kept getting friendly comments in the playground about it, from both parents and kids. Even the headteacher commented - and gave me a printout for DD about that particular variety of bat, which he'd researched for her. It was a bit rank by the time it got home - but you wouldn't have that problem with a shell. ;-)

comfortblankie · 05/05/2016 16:12

When we were small, I remember little bro brought in his belly button clip from when he was born... The class was fascinated!