A Home Schooling Kid's Life 2
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Praying Mantids
Some can grow up to 6 inches long.
There are 2,000 different kinds.
Some are brown and some are green.
They eat live prey that they stalk them.
They eat insects, frogs and lizards.
Some kinds don't have wings.
They fold their legs in a way that makes it look like they are praying.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Bald Eagle
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Dragon Land
Here's a story that I wrote today and yesterday.
Long ago there was a land that had a library full of books. One of those books was magic. The cover of the book had a dragon on it. It was an old dusty leather book that had not been opened in a long time. Two brothers were playing in the library and looking at all the old dusty books. They stumbled upon the dragon book. They carefully opened it, when suddenly they disappeared with a whoosh. Where had they gone?
The two brothers suddenly found themselves in a dragon world. They were still holding the book. Now what should they do? They looked in the book and they saw a picture of themselves. They read in it and it said, “Find the 5 dragon pearls to escape Dragon Land. Now where do they start? In the book they saw a pearl by a picture. The first picture was of a little red dragon with a pearl in his cave. His cave was next to a big lake. Now they had to find that lake!
Suddenly a friendly purple dragon appeared. He gave them a map. He said if they follow the map they would find the first pearl. He said he would fly them there. So they hopped on and off they flew following the directions on the map. It was fun flying on the dragon’s back. In no time they were landing in front of the little red dragon’s cave. The little red dragon was gone. They went inside the cave and found the pearl in a big black hole. The purple dragon said it was okay to take the pearl.
After they took the pearl and went back outside they opened up the book they saw the next pearl behind a waterfall. The purple dragon didn’t have a map but he said he knew the way.
Off they flew again! After a short flight they found the waterfall. The friendly, purple dragon flew them in behind the waterfall into another cave. They found the pearl on the rocky ledge on a wall in the cave.
The next picture of a pearl in the book was in an old tree. The dragon didn’t know where the tree was. He said they go see the old wizard. Off they went to see the wizard. The wizard was excited to see them. He loved visitors. He taught the magic words to say when they found all the pearls. He told the dragon how to get to the old tree. He also said that in a hole in the tree was a map for the last two pearls. He said after they found all the pearls and said the magic words they would be able to come to dragon world anytime they wanted. When you do come back you better come and see me again because I have a lot to teach you. They waved good bye and off the flew on the friendly dragon.
When they arrived at the tree the purple dragon saw two of his friends. They helped the boys find the rest of the pearls. Once they had all the pearls they said the magic words and “poof” they were in the old library again! What an adventure!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Komodo dragon
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Thorny Devil
This lizard is found in Australia. It is hard to see because it is so well camouflaged. They move slow and they rock back and forth as they move. They have an armor of sharp spines all over their body. The big ones are on their head and back, with smaller ones on their legs and feet. This protects them while they eat insects on the ground. They can eat 2,500 insects at one meal with their long tongue.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Boas and Pythons
Anaconda. This the worlds heaviest snake weight 550 pounds. It spends most of its life in shallow water. They hunt in the dark and can kill deer and even caymans (which are like alligators). They can live for 25 years.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Turtles and Tortoises
Skeleton. The ribs of a turtle are attached to his shell. This prevents the pumping action of the ribs that usually circulates the oxygen. So in a turtle they use their legs to pump the oxygen in and out.