Piney Ridge - Kids Animal Stories

Today in Piney Ridge, Lilly and friends escaped the heat by having a fun day in the water! Parents, feel free to engage with your kiddos using some pf the prompts from below. What do you like to do when it is really hot outside? What do you like to do when at a pool/lake/river? Why do you think Clover doesn’t like getting wet?? Bunnies are sensitive creatures and it takes them a long time to dry w...

Today in Piney Ridge, the nocturnal friends decided to have a campout where they roasted food and played games! Parents, feel free to engage with your kiddos using some pf the prompts from below. What do you like to do when camping/relaxing around a fire? What did Rico do to keep the fire from spreading? He made a ring of rocks around the area where the fire was What are cattails? A tall grass/ree...

Today in Piney Ridge, the diurnal friends made soccer equipment and had a few matches. Unfortunately Edgar hurt his wing and sat out and Clover mended his wing and kept him company. Parents, feel free to engage with your kiddos using some pf the prompts from below. What do you do when you get bored? Make a new game? Go find cool things to collect? What does “vertical” mean and what are examples? V...

Today in Piney Ridge, Lilly and Clover relaxed in the meadow and made some flower crowns. Parents, feel free to engage with your kiddos using some pf the prompts from below. Do cat eat greens? Yes, the fiber helps them digest their food, especially if that ate to much hair and/or bones What is your favorite flower? Can you describe what it looks like? What do you think Clover was feeling when the...

Today in Piney Ridge, Lilly and friends made and flew kites. They even learned more about one of their friends. Parents, feel free to engage with your kiddos using some pf the prompts from below. On what kind of trees do acorns grow? Oak Tree What do oak tree leaves look like? Long, with wavy/bumpy lobes that look like fingers Why was Sally in the grass? To keep her body, cool and moist. Why does...

Today in Piney Ridge, Lilly and friends met up with Bev to help her build a new dam and lodge. They even met a new friend in the process. Parents, feel free to engage with your kiddos using some pf the prompts from below. Where does Bev live? In a beaver lodge What is a Beaver dam? What is a beaver lodge? Dam: A wall of logs and sticks used to stop or slow down the flow of water Lodge: A hollow mo...

Today in Piney Ridge, Lilly meets with her new nighttime friends and play some hide and seek. The friends find out the story of the horned bird is real. Parents, feel free to engage with your kiddos using some pf the prompts from below. How did the friends find each other in the dark? Nocturnal creatures have good nighttime vision as well as having much better hearing and being more sensitive to m...

Today in Piney Ridge, Lilly meets many new friends who show her around the meadow at night. She warns her friends of a mysterious horned bird who can snatch them up. Parents, feel free to engage with your kiddos using some pf the prompts from below. Where do you think the nighttime friends live? Rico - A hollow log Posie - A burrow Chordeiles - On tree branches and on the ground Sally – Under logs...

Today in Piney Ridge, Lilly meets a stranger and is invited out for lunch. Parents, feel free to engage with your kiddos using some of the prompts from below. Where do you think Puma lives and sleeps? Very steep and rocky areas, with a lot of bush’s for them to hide They will sleep anywhere from on trees, under rock ledges, or even in caves. They will sleep somewhere new every few nights. What kin...

Today in Piney Ridge, Lilly decides she wants to bake a berry pie. While on her way to pick berries she comes across her friends and invites them to join after play time. Parents, feel free to ask your kiddos some of the engaging question from below. Where do you think the friends live? Lilly - A hollow log Clover - A burrow Edgar - On a tree branch Bev - A dam What kind of foods do the friends ea...