*Originally posted June 26, 2013 when my boys were 5, 7, & 9
We were preparing to head to our local library tonight for the summer reading kick- off program. We had a bag full of books, movies and books on Cd to return and many more to pick up.
We were the first ones at the library for the kick- off event tonight. The boys were very excited. Our library arranged for a program called
Creature Teachers to come with a bunch of their animals to talk about them, their natural habitats and diet.
My kids love animals so this was right up their alley. Alec was convinced he wouldn't be stumped-- but he was! I was too! There were many new animals that we had never seen in real life before. We had front row seats and it was a good thing too! I think they had over 80 people show up. While that may not seem like a huge number that's a really big turnout for our library.
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| Ian and Evan pet Levi |
We saw a cockatiel, an alligator, a skunk, a kookaburra, a Coati, a cane toad (wow! they're huge!), a tarantula, a red- eyed tree frog, and a boa constrictor.
Because we were early we got to pet the cockatiel and watch it walk around the room. The cockatiel has learned to open it's own cage and can do so in under 3 seconds.
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| Alec loves how soft the cockatiel's feathers are |
We learned that Alligators and sharks will fall asleep if flipped over onto their backs and watched as this was demonstrated with a live 8 year old alligator. We learned how to make a Kookaburra call his sound back at us.
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| the Kookaburra is loud! |
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| The red eyed- tree frog led to a discussion of poison dart frogs too |
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The cane toad is HUGE and has enough poison in it's
glands to kill a full sized crocodile if eaten. |
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| The skunk was actually pretty cute (and de-scented). |
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The boa constrictor |
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A Coati! |
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| The alligator is sleeping! It falls asleep when you turn it on it's back and wake right up when you flip it back right side up! It was really neat to see! |
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The local library is such a wonderful summer resource! We always looked forward to these weekly visits and all the programming offered there!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, we were regular patrons at our library. In fact so many of them remark now that they can not get over how much my boys have grown when one of them comes in with me.
DeleteOMG. I would LOVE this kinda day. All the animals. So cool. So cool.
ReplyDeleteIt really was so neat. He came a few years in a row for the summer kick off and brought different animals each time.
DeleteI did not know that about alligators! We always had a guy come to the school with animals he'd rescued and then would teach the kids. He always brought an albino boa and would have kids and teachers pretend to be a tree. The year I retired, I got picked! I thought I was going to either throw up or faint. Libraries do such good work!
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Oh I just could not with a snake-- eek!
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