Reptile Meeting Summary

Another great Adventure club meeting- the weather was beautiful for an outside day so we didn't use the classroom this time, but we were able to display some projects in there for other kids/parents to check out. Thanks again to Stephanie and her family for bringing so many great reptiles to share with us at our meeting. We also learned several reptile yoga poses from the Weaver and Jones kids, ate some snake breadsticks and decorated some really cool wooden snakes to take home. Not to mention that the kids all had a great time running around the property and having stick fights! Here is a list of the animals we saw/learned about, you can check out the slideshow of pictures from the meeting to see them:

Snakes: Red tail boa , ball python, Kenyan sand boa

Lizards: leopard gecko, blue tongue skink, red iguana

Tortoise and Turtles: pancake tortoise, redfoot tortoise, elongated tortoise, russian tortoise, sulcata tortoise, bell's hingeback tortoise, 3 lined mud turtle

Reptile Meeting Comments/Suggestions

Thank you to everyone who came and participated in the Reptile Adventure Club meeting. We had a great time, and learned a lot from Stephanie about her amazing reptile pets. We are hoping some of you did too. If you have comments on how the meeting went or suggestions for things you would like us to add/change to the classes or the environment to make it a more enjoyable and educational experience for your family please let us know by commenting to this post. Kids comments/suggestions are welcome too!

Helpful Reptile Links

Texas Reptiles- Details on a reptile show happening in San Antonio in November. There is also a link to many other sites about Texas reptiles.

Herps of Texas- A listing of Texas reptiles and where they are found. Includes a link to other Texas reptile sites.

Wildlife Fact Sheets- Many fact sheets on Texas reptiles (and other native animals) from the Texas Parks and Wildlife.

Venomous Texas Snakes- Information on venomous Texas snakes from the Texas Junior Naturalists. A great site to check out in general.

Research, Lesson Plans and Online Activities

Austin Reptile Expo- Another reptile show happening in Austin in October.

Pre-K Reptile Activities and Crafts

National Geographic Reptiles- Reptile facts, pictures and videos.

Adventure Club: Reptiles 10/7/2009

Wednesday, October 7th 1:00: Please note the time change for this meeting. It will be later in the day in order to accommodate Stephanie who will be driving several hours to do our presentation for the day.

I AM I Learning Center at Weaver's Bottom: This is located on Robin's property in Kingsland. Directions can be found by clicking on the link to the right that says "Directions To Adventure Club Meetings".

Activities: Join us for a special presentation given by wildlife expert and homeschool mom Stephanie Wagner. At past meetings she did wonderful presentations on tortoises and spiders, this time she will be teaching us all about reptiles. Stephanie will be bringing many reptiles along with her- including ones that are native to South America, Australia, Africa and Asia. In addition to teaching us all about her particular reptiles she will answer any questions you might have and be available to go over pet care for anyone who owns a reptile or is considering purchasing one. After her presentation, Robin and Jennifer will be leading the group in activities that focus on reptiles that are native to Texas. In addition, our kids will be teaching some fun reptile yoga poses to the group. There will also be time set aside for the kids to share any reptile projects that they bring to the meeting.

Bring: Stephanie has asked that we please DO NOT BRING REPTILES (pets or wild) to this class as there is a slight chance of spreading disease to her reptiles- she will have plenty to share with us. The one exception is that if anyone has a pet reptile they need to rehome she would be happy to take it. We will be outside for much of this meeting so bring along hats or sunscreen of needed, and wear closed shoes. If you suffer from outdoor allergies please be aware that Robin's property is full of beautiful plants and trees- a good day to take any preventative allergy medicines that you use. Wear your LAHAC shirts if you have them. Bring $2 per participating child to cover the cost of meeting supplies.

Share With Us: Our children will be working on Texas reptile projects over the next month to share with the group or display in the classroom. Please feel free to work on your own reptiles projects to share/display at the meeting- we would love to see a wide variety of projects! They can be simple collages, crafts, drawings, reptile stories or poetry, reports, experiments, photos of reptiles or anything else you can think of. There are some helpful reptile links on the blog, if you have others to recommend please add them to the comments section of that blog post.

RSVP: Please RSVP or send questions to Robin & Jennifer at lahac1@gmail.com by September 23rd. Include your name, contact information and the names and ages of children who will be attending. **If this is your first time attending an Adventure Club meeting at I AM I Learning Center you will be asked to sign a release upon arrival for each person attending. If you would like a copy of the release sent to you ahead of time please let us know in your RSVP.