A Cave is a hollow space in the Earth's crust. Some caves are narrow, natural tunnels that run just below the surface. Other caves are miles long, forming deep holes in the Earth's outer layer of rocks. Most of the world's caves are found in the limestone region.-Step into a cave and you enter into a world of mystery.How did it come about? Why is it so spooky?What is creeping or crawling in the darkness?Has anyone else ever been inside? We are trying to solve these problems by doing quite a bit of research.Reading many books, videos , internet and experimenting by turning our " reading loft" into a " a magical-lofty-cave". The children have gotten so excited, that they are coming up with brilliant ideas and questions!They have turned the inside of the cave into " prehistoric times "and have made many drawings.We have stalactites growing from the ceiling and children are working on stalagmites.We are also learning about " cave dwellers", " the Ice Age". Did people really live in these dwellings? How did they survive? What did they eat? How did they cook? What did they wear? My kids are becoming " speleologists".This afternoon we did an experiment on layers of the Earth-The Inner core-we are going to make a different layer daily-Outer core-mantle-crust.( A big ThankYou to Paul Schutt for building our cave) Children are enjoying reading in this magical lofty cave.( parents please come and enjoy looking at it).
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