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Hi, my name is Amy.
Do you notice anything special about me?
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That’s right! My ears are kind of big, and they stick out.
Sometimes other kids say, “Hey! Where did you get those ears?”
I wonder the same thing myself.
Where did I get my ears?
I live on a farm.
I look at the animals.
I notice their ears.
There are many different kinds of ears.
Turtles have ears you can’t even see.
Hey, baby turtles!
Where did you get those ears that are inside your head?
Here’s our dog and her puppies.
The puppies’ ears are furry and floppy.
Look what happens when our dogs run!
Hey, puppies!
Where did you get those furry, floppy ears?
Out in the field, we have a mother cow and her baby.
The baby cow is called a calf.
Look! The calf's body is white, but its ears are black.
Hey, little calf!
Where did you get those ears?
Stop and Talk
Look! The babies have ears like their mothers.
Maybe babies get their ears from their parents.
Get Up and Move!
I run to tell my mother what I’ve figured out.
She says, “You’re right. We get a lot from our families!”
I ask my mother, “Why aren’t my ears like your ears?"
My mother says, “Let me show you something.”
She takes me to the back room.
Our cat just had kittens!
She asks, “Are all the kittens like their mother?”
I look closely.
Most of the kittens look a lot like their mother. But a few look different.
Their colors don’t match.
“Maybe those kittens look more like their father,” Mom says.
“Or maybe the kittens’ grandparents were those colors.”
Just then, my grandfather comes to visit.
He wants to see the kittens, too.
My mother asks me, “Do you notice anything about your grandpa?”
I can’t believe I never noticed before, but Grandpa has big ears like mine!
Grandpa says, “We have the same ears. My dad had ears like that, too.”
“It’s because we’re family.”
THE END
In this game, you match animal mothers to their babies. Here's how to play with a group:
- Each person gets an envelope.
- Open your envelope and look for your match: mothers find their babies and babies find their mothers.
- When everyone has found a match, show them to the rest of the class.
See the Extensions at the end of this lesson for variations on the game.
