Miles and Miles of Reptiles

We have spent some time these past two days learning about reptiles and the differences between a crocodile and an alligator.

after reading several books on the subject (including a very fun one called Miles and Miles of Reptiles by Tish Rabe), we studied different pictures of the reptiles in question to determine which one was which.

                                         

Malachi divided his plastic animals into three categories.

"Reptiles":

"Mammals":

and "The Ones We Don't Know Yet" (which include birds, bugs, and fish):

  We wrapped up our croc and gator discussion today by drawing a crocodile 

(notice the narrow mouth):

and Malachi just had to have an alligator (notice the wide mouth) mask so he could go attack Daddy in his office:

See you later alligators!