In honor of the baby panda born at the National Zoo, we
offer you this outline of a panda. Use it to encourage expressive language in
children and to develop numeracy. Talk about the number of panda eyes, ears,
arms, legs, and so on. Discuss the idea that pandas only eat plants. Ask
children to contrast this with the healthy foods they eat.
If you have the favorite food of pandas, bamboo, nearby you
could take a walk and look for it. Compare bamboo to other plants. This brings
in size comparison. Discuss how bamboo is like other plants and how it is different
from other plants you see.
Show children how big a baby panda is in comparison to its
mother. Babies are about 5 inches long
when born. Find a toy or book that is about this size. Compare it to an object
that is 4 to 5 feet tall, the size of a mother panda. What a size difference
between a baby panda and its mother!
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