Go outside with a grown-up during the morning or late afternoon. Choose one tree and look at the ground around it first. Then look up into the branches. Make two lists on paper. On one side, write or draw things a squirrel might find on the ground: pecans, acorns, leaves, roots, fallen twigs, or seeds. On the other side, write or draw things a squirrel might use in the tree: branches, bark, a cavity, a leafy nest, shade, or a safe place to watch for hawks. Then answer these questions: Where would Phoenix look first for a fallen pecan? Where would Phoenix run if Tootie came too close? Which place looks safer during a rainstorm? Where could Phoenix hide a nut? What could a squirrel use its tail for? How can people watch squirrels without bothering them? Grandma’s reminder: “Phoenix may be bigger than Scott, but neither one needs help stealing pecans from each other.”
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Go outside with a grown-up during the morning or late afternoon. Choose one tree and look at the ground around it first. Then look up into the branches. Make two lists on paper. On one side, write or draw things a squirrel might find on the ground: pecans, acorns, leaves, roots, fallen twigs, or seeds. On the other side, write or draw things a squirrel might use in the tree: branches, bark, a cavity, a leafy nest, shade, or a safe place to watch for hawks. Then answer these questions: Where would Phoenix look first for a fallen pecan? Where would Phoenix run if Tootie came too close? Which place looks safer during a rainstorm? Where could Phoenix hide a nut? What could a squirrel use its tail for? How can people watch squirrels without bothering them? Grandma’s reminder: “Phoenix may be bigger than Scott, but neither one needs help stealing pecans from each other.”