In honor of National Zoo Month, why not plan a visit to the  Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange with your host children. It’s a great place to visit, even with younger children. If you aren’t able to do that, why not 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!