Louisism- The Scientific Method

Louis is a pretty kind kid but he has his moments like all humans when he can be less than nice. He has an always evolving relationship with Gabriel. As Gabriel grows bigger and more capable they seem to butt heads more often but they also play together more.

Today there was a moment I noticed Louis wasn't being too kind to Gabriel and it went a little something like this:

"Louis you are being mean to Gabriel."

"Mom, it is an experiment. I want to see what he does"

Pause...

"I think he'll be mad too. Let's see."

We've been learning about the scientific method this week. Today we went over how one forms a hypothesis and goes about testing it.

I wasn't sure if Louis grasped what I was talking about. I see now he did.

After that he stopped being mean after we talked about why it isn't nice to experiment on people. Never too early to talk about ethics with your kids I guess.

Saving the day

Louis spent the afternoon playing firefighter.

Then Gabriel wanted to join in on the fun. They built a building together and pretended to put out the fire and rescue people and their pets.