Last night Ehric and hubby visited Too Tall's farm to return a milk jar. Too Tall is the cow that we get our milk from twice a week. While they were there the owner of the farm was doing chores in the barn. Ehric wanted to help milk Too Tall but it wasn't milking time. But the owner invited Ehric back next Saturday to come help milk Too Tall. Ehric is now very excited to say the least.
When he got home he asked me, 'How many udders do cows have?' I told him that in the morning we would read a book on cows to learn more about cow parts. So today we read the book, Cow by Jules Older and Illustrated by Lyn Severance.
Cow is a funny and kid friendly non-fiction book. Each page is filled with bright photos and honest to goodness talk about cows. One new fact that I learned is that cows are only females. We learned where cows originated and when. Ehric really liked saying the names of the cows four stomachs.
Now back to Ehric's original question, "How many udders do cows have?' Ehric learned that they have only one udder, but they have four teats. I figured last night that he was asking more about teats, but I wanted to have graphics to answer his question. So hopefully now when he goes back to Too Tall's he will know what the things you squeeze are called:)
At the end of 'Cow' there are directions for making chocolate milk, ice-cream sodas and other treats. So the boys and I made an icecream shake to drink along with our lunch. Yummy!
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