{"id":299,"date":"2016-11-28T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T19:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2021-03-08T10:53:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T15:53:46","slug":"javelinas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/javelinas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Little Javelinas"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week your child is learning the words are desert<\/strong>, javelina<\/strong>, snout<\/strong>, and\u00a0cactus<\/strong>. The words come from the book, The Three Little Javelinas<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Explain what the words mean and talk about them with your child.<\/p>\n

\"Desert\"<\/a>

Desert<\/p><\/div>\n

Desert \u2013 <\/strong>a very dry place with few plants. Javelinas live in the desert<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Javelina\"<\/a>

Javelina<\/p><\/div>\n

Javelina \u2013 <\/strong>a type of wild pig. Javelinas<\/strong> have snouts and live in the desert.<\/p>\n

\"Snout<\/a>

Snout of an elephant<\/p><\/div>\n

Snouts – <\/strong>the front part of an animal’s head that sticks out. Pigs, javelinas, dogs, and elephants (and many other animals) have snouts. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cactus\"<\/a>

Cactus<\/p><\/div>\n

Cactus – <\/strong>a thick-stemmed, often prickly plant that grows in hot, dry areas of America. A cactus<\/strong> has prickly needles.<\/p>\n

Congratulations, you are helping your child grow a large vocabulary!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week your child is learning the words are desert, javelina, snout, and\u00a0cactus. The words come from the book, The Three Little Javelinas.   Explain what the words mean and talk about them with your child. Desert \u2013 a very dry place with few plants. Javelinas live in the desert. Javelina \u2013 a type of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4452,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-299","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/texttotalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}