Molting

This school year we're using Apologia's Flying Creatures of the Fifth Day for our science. We read a portion of our chapter and then the kids will take turns narrating back to me in their own words what we've read. Our most recent lesson had us learning about the molting process of feathered creatures, when the light bulb suddenly turned on for Sam. He said, "Hey! Birds aren't the only things who molt - we do, too!" I was going to agree with him (assuming he was talking about the fact that our skin replenishes itself every day), when he continued, "You know, cause our teeth fall out and then grow back in again!"

It makes sense coming from a kid who is about to "molt" his seventh and eighth teeth.