Without even meaning to, we've been learning a lot about reptiles lately. We've been reading about them in Aydri's current
Chirp Magazine and doing some impromptu activities from there also.
One morning, my parents showed up at our house as we were just starting school and told us about a den of Gopher Snakes they found. We immediately decided to go show the kids. The snakes were just coming out for spring.
As we looked down in their hole we could see dozens of snakes curled around each other. It was a mixture of creepy and exciting. You can see three heads peeking out in this picture.
There must have been a cavity under the sidewalk where the snakes holed up for the winter.
We made crocodile puppets after reading about them in Chirp. On another day, we read about how reptiles shed their skin and the magazine suggested spreading Elmer's Glue on their hands and letting it dry so that when they pulled it off it would look like reptile sheds. The girls didn't really like having wet glue on them and then it itched as it dried and hurt when we pulled it off. hehe.
The natural history museum brought in a few reptiles for Earth Day. We only made it for the Bearded Dragon.
They are native to Australia and the girls loved watching it eat cockroaches.
There were a few other things to look at in the museum. We joined their facebook page so that we are notified when they have special events for kids going on.
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