{"id":3720,"date":"2018-06-01T07:45:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-01T07:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/?p=3720"},"modified":"2018-06-18T16:47:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T16:47:00","slug":"june-is-zoo-aquarium-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2018\/06\/01\/june-is-zoo-aquarium-month-2\/","title":{"rendered":"June is Zoo &#038; Aquarium Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Visit your local zoo or aquarium or set up a pretend zoo with play animals and blocks. Invite the host parents to visit your pretend zoo. Read One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish or If I Ran the Zoo, both by Dr. Seuss. Encourage the children to make up their own animals and draw them. Think of all the animal sounds you can and play a game guessing what animal you are. You may find that the same animal says one thing in America and something quite different in your own country!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2514\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/05\/5318026398_f0232e1347-300x201.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/05\/5318026398_f0232e1347-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/05\/5318026398_f0232e1347.jpg 500w\" alt=\"5318026398_f0232e1347\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/>Here are links to our local zoo &amp; aquariums.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nationalzoo.si.edu\/\">National Zoo<\/a> \u2013 Washington, DC<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marylandzoo.org\/\">Maryland Zoo<\/a> \u2013 Baltimore, Maryland<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqua.org\/\">Baltimore Aquarium<\/a> \u2013 Maryland<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Photo: Joseph Bylund<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visit your local zoo or aquarium or set up a pretend zoo with play animals and blocks. Invite the host parents to visit your pretend zoo. Read One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish or If I Ran the Zoo, both by Dr. Seuss. 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