How do you keep yourself clean? Elephants use their long trunks like a
garden hose. Ants lick themselves with special saliva. And, chickens
roll in the dusty dirt! Discover lots of interesting facts throughout
these vibrant and playful pages. Animal Families encourage developmental
learning through adorable, hilarious, and wonderful creatures! Little
learners will understand basic skills through recognizable routines like
bedtime, clean-up time, and learning. And they will delight in
understanding lessons and daily concerns they experience with their own
families are shared by animal families! Children are invited to make
contrasts and comparisons between their own lives and the lives of these
animals. As they do, they will be enriched by a respect and a sense of
belonging to the natural world.