The Disappearing Vegetables!

From Curious George

The Disappearing Vegetables!
25 minPre-KK1st2ndScience
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Summary

Vegetables keep vanishing from the garden and George is on the case. He discovers that hungry animals nearby are finding their food right there in the garden.

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Discussion questions

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Animals find food, water, and shelter in the places they live. A garden looks like dinner to a hungry rabbit or bird.

  1. Who was really taking the vegetables, and why?
  2. What does an animal look for in a place to live?
  3. How could George protect the garden without hurting the animals?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: garden, food, animal, habitat.

Try it: Name one animal that might visit a garden. Write what it came looking for.