This bag-like creature does not have any bones and it can squeeze itself into the tiniest of openings. If you guessed the octopus you would be correct.
The world of the octopus - There are about 200 species of octopuses in the world. The biggest is the Pacific Giant Octopus, which weighs over 100 kgs and has a tentacle span of more than seven meters. The smallest is the Atlantic Pygmy Octopus. This one is just two centimeters long.
But unlike their slow-moving cousins, the slowpoke snails, octopuses can move very fast indeed. That’s because their tentacles are covered with small suction pads, with which they cling well to clammy rocks and slippery ocean floors. These suction pads are also super-sensitive to touch and taste. An octopus’ sense of taste is 10 to 100 times more sensitive than that of a human!
Its eyes, too, are highly developed. Thus it can see clearly in dark or murky water. That equips the clever octopus to hunt at night. This clever creature lures its pray by wriggling the tip of a tentacle so that it looks like a worm.
When it is threatened, the octopus secretes an inky substance. This is meant to confuse predators, which gives it time to escape.
Most poisons produced by the octopuses are too weak to harm humans. Only the Blue-Ringed Octopus is an exception – it produces enough poison to kill a human being. You may read more about this sea life creature at: http://www.pitara.com/discover/earth/online.asp?story=111.
If you have a three year old who might enjoy having his own octopus ImagiPLAY has a line of wooden puzzles to teach the alphabet or counting. Count Octopus is one of their brightly colored 3d wooden puzzles to help your child learn counting numbers 1-9. Each puzzle piece has a unique number painted on it and each puzzle piece is a different color.
Great for teaching counting as well as colors our 3d wooden puzzles can be found on our website, All I Can Imagine.
Make a fun Valentine’s Card that is made to share. An added plus is that your child can practice learning about basic math concepts such as number recognition, shapes, and patterns.
While your child designs an imaginative and artistic set of counting cards you may use this craft as a learning tool to reinforce mathematical abilities.
You can see a sample of this craft and get the directions and a list of needed supplies at this website –
http://www.education.com/activity/article/valentine-day-counting-cards/
Hope you enjoy this craft project. Don’t forget to take a look at our website and see all our number and alphabet 3d wooden puzzles such as our counting penguins pictured here.
The wolf is the largest member of the canine family. Gray wolves range in color from grizzled gray or black to all-white. As the ancestor of the domestic dog, the gray wolf resembles German shepherds or malamutes. Wolves are making a comeback in the Great Lakes, Northern Rockies and Southwestern United States.
Wolves like to eat Ungulates (large hoofed mammals) like elk, deer, moose and caribou. Wolves are also known to eat beaver, rabbits and other small prey. Wolves are also scavengers and often eat animals that have died due to other causes like starvation and disease.
Wolves live, travel and hunt in packs of 4-7 animals on average. Packs include the mother and father wolves, called the alphas, their pups and several other subordinate or young animals. The alpha female and male are the pack leaders that track and hunt prey, choose den sites and establish the pack’s territory. Wolves develop close relationships and strong social bonds. They often demonstrate deep affection for their family and may even sacrifice themselves to protect the family unit.
Wolves have a complex communication system ranging from barks and whine to growls and howls. While they don’t howl at the moon, they do howl more when it’s lighter at night, which occurs more often when the moon is full.
The most common cause of death for wolves is conflict with people over livestock losses. While wolf predation on livestock is fairly uncommon, wolves that do prey on them are often killed to protect the livestock.
We hope you enjoyed reading a few facts about the grey wolf. You can easily find more facts and crafts by doing an online search. And your children may love to have a grey wolf of their own.
Available online are 3d wooden puzzles from ImagiPLAY’s line of wooden kids toys. When you want quality built educational childrens toys your children will take great delight in a new wolf puzzle.
Toddlers are a bundle of fun! Boys and girls are full of energy but also need some quiet type wooden kids toys to play with.
Select 3d wooden puzzles make of splinter proof wood and painted with non-toxic paint from reputable toy companies and you will have peace of mind. One such manufacturer is ImagiPLAY who produces 3d puzzles and other wooden toys such as playsets and eco-friendly board games.
They have a line of natural wood puzzles as well as painted 3d wooden puzzles such as the Moose and Calf show here. Toddlers love toys that are colorful and have different shapes making wood puzzles a popular toddler toy your children will play with for many years.
1939 Copywriter Robert L. May of the Montgomery Ward Company created a poem about Rudolph, the ninth reindeer. May had been “often taunted as a child for being shy, small and slight. ” He created an ostracized reindeer with a shiny red nose who became a hero one foggy Christmas eve. Santa was part-way through deliveries when the visibility started to degenerate. Santa added Rudolph to his team of reindeer to help illuminate the path. A copy of the poem was given free to Montgomery Ward customers.
1949: Johnny Marks wrote the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.” Rudolph was relocated to the North Pole where he was initially rejected by the other reindeer and they wouldn’t let him play in their reindeer games because of his strange looking nose. The song was recorded by Gene Autry and became his all-time best seller. Next to “White Christmas“ it is the most popular song of all time.
Our Santa in Sleigh is one of our popular 3d wooden puzzles manufactured by ImagiPLAY.
ImagiPLAY is a toy manufacturer that has been designing and manufacturing safe wooden kids toys for ten years and closely monitors their design and production. All of their wood toys are naturally safe, not only for your children but for your children’s planet.
Earth friendly and child safe – to ImagiPLAY these two concepts go hand in hand. Parents and educators can give a wooden puzzle or other educational childrens toys from this line of safe, environmentally toys.
ImagiPLAY has formed partnerships with two family-run wood shops in China with whom they have built strong relationships. These partnerships help insure their wood toys and 3d wooden puzzles are safe and of the highest quality.
There was a time when, as children, we were given wooden children’s toys more often than not. We may not have appreciated the toys at the time, but with the new age of electronic gadgets we can now appreciate how simple and uncomplicated these children’s wooden toys were.
One of the reasons wooden toys are so popular, and remain so, is that anyone can play with them. Playing with just about any wooden toy is not intimating and can be enjoyed by all age groups. Best of all children love receiving wooden puzzles and toys because they’re different.
These days DVD’s and computer games are ordinary not necessarily the best educational kids toys available. Children’s wooden toys are something out of the ordinary. Children can’t get enough of toys that don’t beep, buzz or click.
When it’s time to buy a gift think wood. Explore wood games, trucks, trains and 3d wooden puzzles for your child and the child in you.
Educational playtime is of the utmost importance. Parents and educators alike believe educational childrens toys that promote creative play provide great educational value for your children.
3d wooden puzzles are just one of the many children’s toys that are recommended for homes, schools and as waiting room toys. It is a well know fact that children most often play with toys that provide fun play as well as creative learning opportunities.
While providing children with a new wood puzzle as often as possible you will observe your children engaging in a unique learning experience without them even knowing it. 3d wood puzzles are a good idea for beginner puzzles and they may be incorporated into other play activities because they are chunky and easy to grasp.
As with the Monkey Tree Puzzle shown above, and many other 3d wooden puzzles, an individual puzzle piece may be a complete whole character/animal. These seperate figures will be a welcome addition to incorporate with your children’s playsets and other games or to play with alone.
Whatever you are doing there is something to be counting. Even when your child is a baby you can count fingers and toes while you are bathing them, changing them, or communicating with them. You can also start at this age by introducing fun little counting books.
With preschoolers, make every day activities and events a counting exercise, the best way to learn is when you don’t even realize you’re learning something at all. Whatever you are doing there is something to be counting, at dinner “how many people are eating; one, two, three, four, etc. So, how many cups do we need? Four. Then count the cups, plates, spoons or forks, etc. When you are driving, “How many signs on the side of the road are there from here to grandmas? Count the signs as you are traveling. In the doctor’s office, “how many people are waiting in front of us?
Even when you do not realize it your preschoolers are learning something. The possibilities are endless; you can incorporate a counting exercise with everything you do. And, as far as toys go, kids love brightly colored puzzles.
3d wooden puzzles make perfect kids learning toys for boys and girls age 3 up. Their chunky size makes them easy to pick up and grasp and individual pieces are often a unique character its own entire toy. Remember to buy from a manufacturer that paints their puzzles with non-toxic, lead free paint.
It looks like yet another gorgeous summer day – a perfect opportunity to take your toddler to the park. But then, as so often happens, a blanket of cloud cover comes rolling your way. The skies darken and any chance of playing outside is snuffed along with the sunlight. Luckily, indoor puzzles and games present a unique opportunity to bond with your young child.
Pull out a few 3D puzzles and you’re guaranteed a few hours of addictive fun. These puzzles help to foster a child’s reasoning abilities, forcing him or her to use logic in solving a problem. Needless to say, these skills will only become more applicable with age. Puzzles also help kids to better understand spatial relations. A completed puzzle brings with it a profound sense of accomplishment that will make your child forget about the recent rainy-day disappointment.