Tommy The Turtle Takes A Tumble provided by Bravenet.com

Tommy The Turtle Takes A Tumble

A children's book by Yvonne Koslowsky

Questions About the Book

Navigation

Count the animals on each page.

Can you name all the animals that are black and white?

What animal has two legs?

Can you name an animal with spots?

What animals can crawl on the ground?

Turtle Jokes and Seasonal Fun

Coloring Pages

Turtle Jokes

Two turtles crossing the road ran into each other head on and were both knocked out.
The policeman who arrived to investigate the accident tried to find a witness, but only found Sammy the snail nearby.

"Did you see the accident?" the officer asked. "Can you tell me what happened?"

"Yes I saw it" replied Sammy the snail, "but it all happened so fast !"

Sammy the snail asked Tommy the turtle, "What kind of telephone do you use?"

Tommy replied, A shell phone.

Children's Riddles

Riddle: When is a baseball player like a spider?

Answer: When he catches a fly.

Riddle: Why couldn’t the bicycle stand up?

Answer: Because it was two tired?

Funnies

"Did you hear about the romance in the tropical fish tank?"
"It was a case of guppy love."

"What do you call two birds in love?"
"Tweethearts!"

"What is black and white and red all over?"
"A Zebra with sunburn!”

Year Round Fun

Click below to try out this fun puzzle involving dinosaurs:
Help the Dinosaurs Save the Earth
Move the puzzle pieces around until you solve it

Check out this fun craft project by clicking on the link below:
Rainbow Streamers
Tommy the Turtle will be proud of you when you complete the streamers!

Do some crafts with your children by following some simple steps found here:

A Dove of Peace

Below is another great project to do with Mom.

Recycled Flower Pot kit

Using your mouse, drag the image you would like to color to your desktop and print!
Enjoy!
Images courtesy of illustrator, Kevin Collier.

For more turtle pictures to color, please visit the following web site:
http://www.geocities.com/~chicagoturtle/kidspage.htm

Fun Projects

Project 1

List as many different kinds of turtles as you can.

A turtle from the Cayman Islands photographed in 2007.

Project 2

Collect turtle stickers.
Put them on a poster board.
Underneath each sticker, write down a turtle fact.

We've used stickers from Sandylion.
Information on these products can be found at http://kids.sandylion.com/index.aspx
Images on the value page of this website are taken from Sandylion turtle stickers.

Project 3

Write down a list of five exercises that you will do daily.

Project 4

Follow along in the book and do each activity in the gym with your physical education teacher.

Project 5

How many words can you make from the letters in the name Tommy?
There are at least five.

Project 6

Using walnut shells and construction paper, make a turtle!

http://octopus.gma.org/turtles/craft1.html

Count the animals on each page. Can you name all the animals that are black and white? What animal has two legs? Can you name an animal with spots? What animals can crawl on the ground?