Cows

Today we were reading a non-fiction book about cows. One picture showed a pregnant cow and then it showed a picture of a calf. When I started reading the page, 2 children raised their hands (you know, when they are stretching their arm as high as it goes, shaking their hand back and forth, and their eyes are huge, and if you don't call on them soon, they'll probably burst), so I called on one of them.
"Miss Vis, when a calf is born it comes out of the cow's BUTT!"
Thank you for sharing.

Later the book talked about uses for cows: milk, beef, leather from their hide... Another student, with a very concerned look on her face, asked "Does it HURT the cow when they use its skin to make leather?" I assured her that they only used the skin from dead cows.

Lastly, the book showed some cows around the world. Everyone was really excited to hear about cows that walk in traffic in India. Then we read about a Masai woman (African) using manure and sticks to make her hut strong. That was fine until someone asked what manure was. "Cow poop." Uproarious laughter followed.

Learning can be oh so entertaining.


We worked together to cover this cow poster with pictures of cows and cow products.