Pusheen Box – Summer 2018

This month's box has some great items for summer and some that are just really fun! The box always has a vinyl figure and this month's Pusheen is surfing. I hope she doesn't wipe out since cats hate the water! If you are going to be relaxing by a pool,…

Living and Nonliving Things

Introduction I've looked at a lot of ways that people teach kids about living and nonliving things. The problem is that there isn't really a standard definition of life. In fact there is an ongoing debate about which category to put viruses in. For the very youngest kids it may…

Classification of Mammals

  Mammals When considering the Animal Kingdom the first major spit is between animals with backbones and those without. Those with backbones include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. The next major split is between the amniotes and nonamniotes. This is an important split because amniotes (reptiles, birds, and mammals)…