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Watch Out... It's Shark Week

Shark Tank Sensory Play for Shark Week
Summer is here… and that means one thing: the countdown to Shark Week is on! My kids are fascinated by all things ocean, especially sharks. To capture their imagination, we created our own portable shark tank – or “squishy shark” as my 2 year old calls it. You can make this simple sensory play bag too, with a few basic supplies.

Here are a few shark factoids to get you warmed up for Shark Week:

Are they a fish or a mammal? Sharks are cartilaginous fish and are in the same class as rays.
Where do sharks live? Sharks are found in all five oceans in the world. Some sharks, like the bull shark, can live in either salt or fresh water.
How long ago did sharks start living? Paleontologists believe that sharks began living on earth around 450 million years ago (based upon shark scale and teeth fossils). In comparison, fish began living around 510 million years ago and dinosaurs around 230 million years ago.
How many teeth do great white sharks have? Great whites have about 50 teeth in their mouths, but they tend to lose teeth very easily. Luckily they have five extra rows of teeth waiting in their mouth to replace the lost or broken ones. Some scientists estimate that a great white may have as many as 50,000 teeth in their lifetime.
Are sharks dangerous to humans? Records show that only 4 of the 470+ species of sharks have been involved in attacks on humans. They are the great white, oceanic white tip, tiger and bull sharks. Attacks when they do happen tend to be a case of mistaken identity. Nope, Mr. Shark I’m not a seal!

The Bad Mood and the Stick by Lemony Snicket; Matthew Forsythe (Illustrator)
New York Times bestselling author Lemony Snicket sheds light on the way bad moods come and go. Once there was a bad mood and a stick. The stick appeared when a tree dropped it. Where did the bad mood come from? Who picked up the stick? And where is the bad mood off to now? You never know what is going to happen.