Object: A box marked FRAGILE in several places and a glass vase inside.

Good morning, boys and girls. Today I want all of you to take a good look at this big box and then tell me what you think is inside. The first thing that you must do is discover a very important word that is written on the outside of the box. Let’s look for the word. [Let them examine the box and read the word.] What does that word mean? You have the right word, but what does the word fragile mean? [Let them answer.] You are very close. The word "fragile" means that whatever is inside this box will break very easily if it is not handled carefully. What can you think of that is fragile and might be in a box like …