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Follow your child's interests - Animals

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Caspar's absolute favourite animal right now is the SHARK! We make frequent visits to our local aquarium to visit the sharks that live there.  

When he asked if a whale shark was a whale or a shark, I didn't know the answer. I stocked up on some resources. Firstly some model sharks then a reference guide. I quickly concluded a whale shark is in fact a shark - but it doesn't eat people.

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It was a rainy day today and Otis decided to take a long nap. Armed with some new modelling clay, eyes, model sharks and reference guide - we made some sharks. Anatomically correct! 

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The reference guide was a huge help. Unless you know a lot about your animal you may need help to be able to correctly name the body parts. And that's important. 

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My theory is to grasp his interests and explore them as much as possible. It doesn't matter if it's horses, cats, dogs or sharks. We had a blast (clay under my fingernails and all!) and discovered just a little more about the mere shark.

 

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