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Mind-stretching brain games and conversation starters. It's the perfect opportunity for sharing stories, building knowledge, strengthening character, and having fun!

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Language Skills – Similes
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Share Your Knowledge – Mimicry
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Are you good at giving feedback?

Can you adapt the Code of the Cowboy to your life?

Learn how energy from the sun is converted to solar power

Language Skills – Similes

Similes are easy and a lot of fun. Compare one noun to another noun by linking the two with the word like or the word as.

The journey to the water fountain was like a trip across the desert.
When he was angry, his voice was as sharp as a knife.

Have fun making up more of your own.

I was very thirsty walking over here!

Fun With Language

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Share Your Knowledge – Mimicry

A coral snake’s bite can be deadly, so predators stay away. The king snake doesn’t have a poisonous bite, but it’s red, black and yellow strips remind predators of the coral snake. The king snake benefits from mimicry.

Can you name some other species that use mimicry to help increase their chances of survival?

Poison Dart Frog Mimics Gain When Birds Learn to Stay Away

Mimicry can save this butterfly's life.

Camouflaging Colors

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