My friend Tracey from Australia, recently sent Aikman a note, telling us something interesting that she and her children learned while at the local zoo. I thought it was so cute that I wanted to share it with you.
Here’s what the note said…
Dear Aikman,
On Friday we went to the zoo. We were surprised when the male koala, who is normally sleeping, suddenly made this noise.
This is the sound a koala makes.
We have learned that the sound is called a 'bellow'.
Hugs from Canberra, Australia
Does you child like koalas? Or do you need additional resources for your Australia continent boxes? Well, I made some nomenclature cards for koalas. You can get them here!
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Tracey, who wrote this post about creating a felt map and development of handwriting, has created a blog! Make sure you check her out at Dream Before You!
Do you have an interesting animal or landmark near you? We’d love to learn about it! Please feel free to email Aikman at: montessoritidbits at gmail dot com. I’d love to feature you on MT! Please put in the subject line: “Tidbits from…” and where you are from.
12 comments:
Awesome! Can't wait to show the boys that video tomorrow. I will definitely be adding those cards to their Australia box.
I'm also anxious to show this to my little one - I bet she will like it, since she adores koalas! Off now to visit Tracy's blog - based on her guests posts here, I bet I'll become her regular reader!
What a fun way to learn about continents by sharing with others around the internet! We definitely have some interesting animals like vultures and armadillos in Austin, Texas, but the armadillos are hard to spot. And, well, the vultures are easy to spot but it's usually doing scavenging which wouldn't make a very pretty video for a child. ;) I hope we can get a picture so we can send something for Aikman's continent boxes.
I did not know that Koalas bellow... thanks for sharing the great video clip!
A large portion of my blog is dedicated to what life is life in Germany and also interesting things around Europe. I tried to write about things kids find interesting. You can see what power plugs, washers and dryers, and villages look like here and many castles, palaces and churches. The easiest way to navigate these subjects is to look under German Living Topics, European Countries and European Living Topics on the right-hand side of the blog.
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What a fun way to learn and great idea. We'll have to find the perfect kid friendly landmark near us to share.
I hope the boys enjoyed the video and the cards!
Her blog is great!
:-) We'd love to learn about either!
Thanks for commenting! Looking forward to reading more through your blog.
Awesome! Looking forward to learning from your tidbit!
very interesting to share knowledge from these kiddos. I can't wait to see more updates from this kids. graphic design maryborough
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