We Love Animals!!
February 3, 2010
Why are children so fascinated with animals? My children have always been enchanted by them. Even today when my husband and I see a squirrel in our backyard we yell out “SQUIRREL!!” and they come runnin’ to see. Animals are simple and complicated at the same time and learning about them never stops. They are mysterious and truly amazing in their abilities and their appearances which are often comical but always created with purpose. Most children’s books feature animals, the songs we sing our kids (Ole’ McDonald had a farm…) tell about animals, their beds are covered in stuffed animals, they want to draw animals and even the plastic animals that come in buckets are a favourite toy. Most requests I get for custom paintings are for animals with fairies coming in a close second and I love doing them. Children and animals just seem to go together.
A great site for you and your kids to learn interesting facts and see small video clips on a wide variety of animals is www.kids.nationalgeographic.com
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