Our new words are reuse, telescope, horn, and decorate. Help your child learn the words. The words come from the book Don’t Lose It, Reuse It.
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Reusing plastic bottles for plants
Reuse – to use again or use more than once.
Ask your child: What can we reuse instead of throwing away?
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Telescope
Telescope – an instrument that uses lenses and sometimes mirrors to make distant objects appear larger
Ask your child: What do you see when you look through a telescope?
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Goat with horns
Horn – a hard, hollow growth on the head of certain mammals. Goats and sheep are some animals that have horns
Ask your child: What animals have horns?
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Decorating a cake
Decorate – to make more attractive by adding things
Ask your child: How would you decorate a cake?
Thank you for helping your child learn these words!