All About Animals Day
What a fun and educational day Gracie and I had, as we turned an adorable new show on Nick Jr. into a day all about animals.This morning, Gracie was watching one of her new favorite cartoons, "Wonder Pets," on Nick Jr. It is an adorable show about three classroom pets (a turtle, a hamster and a duck) who go out and save other animals. If you haven't seen it you will have to check it out.
Anyway, in today's episode the Wonder Pets save a baby panda. Well, that reminded Gracie of the panda cam at the National Zoo in DC. So we logged on and checked in on Tai Shan (the baby panda) and his mommy. After watching the mommy panda and "ohhing" and "ahhing" over baby pictures of Tai, we had to check in on Gracie's other favorite animals: the flamingos.
I decided since we were already in an animal mood, we would have some more fun. I printed off a farm animal book and we colored for awhile. And, then we made face masks out of Gracie's ZooPal plates that she adores. She didn't really want to wear the masks herself, but she loved watching mommy wear them and make the animal sounds.
After craft time we played with the wooden animals set (thanks again Sara!!!!). Gracie loves to set up the fence to her "farm" and put the animals together two by two. We had plenty of fin with the animals before naptime. But, just before we said goodnight, Gracie got some animal books; one about a rabbit, and a Franklin book (he's a turtle).
Gracie is now enjoying an animal snack before dinner; graham cracker bugs! I have no idea where grandma finds these things she sends back with us!!
All in all it has been a great day, and I thought I would share. If you want to check in on Tai Shan and his family click here (be sure to scroll down the page). To watch the flamingo's click here. To print the farm coloring book for your little one click here (farm animal book is the first one). Oh, and click here to check out the Wonder Pets.
**Picture at top is of baby Tai Shan, picture at bottom of Gracie playing with her wooden animal set**
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