I think people eat them, so maybe from the supermarket? I can ask the daycare though.
Food octopus breaks down really quickly. I've mostly seen it live in stores. They kill it and you go right home and cook
That is because after it dies, the body quickly becomes toxic to eat. It is safest to eat it extremely fresh. I’m not sure about the toxicity of poking and prodding it..
This wouldn't bother me at all. Lots of little kids are fascinated by stuff like this and why not expose them to some things like that while they're young enough to not be afraid or grossed out by it? They were obviously supervised, it's not like they gave them the octopus to take outside and bat around like a ball. I imagine they were vigilant about hand washing so I don't get the pearl clutching, personally.
ETA: I'm not a fan of animals in zoos or aquariums so I'd rather my kid see one that died naturally, honestly.
I’m assuming this was used as a science lesson and the kids weren’t playing with a dead animal. If so, I don’t see a problem I guess. But I’m not a parent so enjoy the octopus.
My kid is eating salmon now and i practically have to wear gloves, and i bathe her and brush her teeth immediately after.
Man---that's a lot of work just to feed the kid some salmon.
Anyway---I'm not sure I care all that strongly about this, but it does seem wasteful to kill an animal just to look at. I would also be concerned with kids touching it and then putting hands in their mouth. My kid did sensory play with jello, maybe they can try that the next time (spoiler alert: my kid ended up eating it instead of playing with it).
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I think I'd be mostly impressed at the effort they went through to provide a hands-on learning experience. I certainly wouldn't buy a fucking octopus for a preschool lesson.
I mean, it's gross but unlikely to be dangerous assuming it came from the grocery store. All in all, I give it a thumbs up.
Post by ThirdandLong on Jan 3, 2018 11:27:07 GMT -5
I really hated dissections in our Freshman biology and was so glad my lab partner enjoyed them, so to me, this is just disgusting. When my daughter's teacher planned to bring in owl pellets to show the first grade class, we were informed once in the weekly newsletter and also a day or two beforehand with a separate, reminder note.
I think they were out of line for not informing parents that this was taking place. There should have been correspondence with the option to withhold your kid from the activity.
I think I'd be mostly impressed at the effort they went through to provide a hands-on learning experience. I certainly wouldn't buy a fucking octopus for a preschool lesson.
I mean, it's gross but unlikely to be dangerous assuming it came from the grocery store. All in all, I give it a thumbs up.
This is where I'm at with it.
I'm sure that there was a LOT of hand washing after that though.
I think I'd be mostly impressed at the effort they went through to provide a hands-on learning experience. I certainly wouldn't buy a fucking octopus for a preschool lesson.
I mean, it's gross but unlikely to be dangerous assuming it came from the grocery store. All in all, I give it a thumbs up.
I was always impressed that they did fingerpainting, so it appears that my standards are pitifully low.
I think I'd be mostly impressed at the effort they went through to provide a hands-on learning experience. I certainly wouldn't buy a fucking octopus for a preschool lesson.
I mean, it's gross but unlikely to be dangerous assuming it came from the grocery store. All in all, I give it a thumbs up.
I was always impressed that they did fingerpainting, so it appears that my standards are pitifully low.
my kid came home with a picture of a "melted snowman" that I thought was the greatest thing ever. I'm on your bench.
Oh, no, owl pellets. Nobody needs to know about owl pellets. Keep that to yourself, science.
I need to know more about dead octopus before I can yay or nay. Like if someone from the aquatic center brought it, I would be fine. Someone that knows what they are doing. Picked up from a grocery store? Ehhhhh.
my kid came home with a picture of a "melted snowman" that I thought was the greatest thing ever. I'm on your bench.
LOL! Was it just a picture of a puddle? This is adorable.
oh no he finger painted with white paint. it resembled absolutely nothing so the teacher added two black circle eyes and a carrot nose randomly and she labeled it melted snowman (he is 2)
ETA: Like this. Although my genius child's is WAY cuter than this internet sample, obvi
Oh, no, owl pellets. Nobody needs to know about owl pellets. Keep that to yourself, science.
I need to know more about dead octopus before I can yay or nay. Like if someone from the aquatic center brought it, I would be fine. Someone that knows what they are doing. Picked up from a grocery store? Ehhhhh.
the grocery store angle makes it even funnier. Daycare teachers are precious, national treasures.
This wouldn't bother me at all. Lots of little kids are fascinated by stuff like this and why not expose them to some things like that while they're young enough to not be afraid or grossed out by it? They were obviously supervised, it's not like they gave them the octopus to take outside and bat around like a ball. I imagine they were vigilant about hand washing so I don't get the pearl clutching, personally.
ETA: I'm not a fan of animals in zoos or aquariums so I'd rather my kid see one that died naturally, honestly.
This place is so weird sometimes! When I first read the op I thought the post would go way differently than it has. I guess I'm an odd man out because it wouldn't bother me at all, either. Most little kids are super curious and love to explore things like this. I don't know, I'm a weird homeschool mom but we do stuff like this all the time.
i can safely say I think C would love this. Not that the animal is dead, but she does love animals of all kinds and to be able to explore one up close to understand it better would be right up her alley. I think bringing in a live one, in a tank, is better suited to pre-school age kids and perhaps a note home to parents explaining what the plan was and to gain permission?
Update: So, I spoke to the center director. She says the lead teacher bought it from a seafood store. This whole thing was part of learning about ocean life. She seemed to think nothing of it except that it did smell really bad.
I googled a bit and looks like some other preschool teachers have done this. I still think it's very weird and would rather not have my child around dead animals, so I'm going to talk to her lead teacher in the evening and ask her to let me know in advance if they have any plans to bring in dead animals.
I'm a science geek. I LOVE gross stuff. The only book I brought from India to US was my atlas of oral pathology. So I get that it's cool but I just also think that kids should learn about life before death. It also does not teach anything about being respectful towards animals, dead or alive. We're vegetarian, so I'm probably a bit more extreme in my views than some of you.
Anyway, I can't believe this is 4 pages long, haha. Thanks everyone for your input
I can't read this and not post this pic of my daughter in her preschool class last year. She was only two so she never mentioned it and I didn't know about it until reading it on their class website. When I asked her she said she did NOT touch it. Her expression made us laugh so hard though!
I can't read this and not post this pic of my daughter in her preschool class last year. She was only two so she never mentioned it and I didn't know about it until reading it on their class website. When I asked her she said she did NOT touch it. Her expression made us laugh so hard though!
lol so cute!! So I guess, octopuses in classes are a thing!
The good thing about all this happening is that I have so much respect for octopuses now!
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