Tortoise- Bowser is a 13 year old, male Russian Tortoise. This is his 3rd home. His dominating personality and long lifespan makes him quite a commitment.
A tortoise is not a turtle. Turtles are semi aquatic animals with webbed toes, a hydrodynamic shell. While the tortoise lives on land, can't swim and has a shell more suitable for digging.
Hare- Okay, he's not really a hare. Rocket is a Dutch Rabbit. What's the difference? Visually, hares have longer legs and more angular features. The real difference is their babies. Baby rabbits (bunnies) are born hairless with their eyes close, completely dependent on their mom. While baby hares are born independent and ready to go! Hares are not as social as rabbits.
But for our purposes, our young man, Rocket is perfect. He's fast, cute, and fun to draw!
When we bring these guys into the classroom, we let the students pet the animals and listen to The Tortoise and the Hare read out loud. Then they discuss the differences between the real and story animals, what happened in the story and what they can learn from it.
Just as an example, we introduce the students to gesture drawing. First the students only have 10 seconds to draw our animals. Then we give them a few minutes to draw the same animals.
Do they accomplish more with more time? Do they use their time wisely? Do they go slow and steady? Bring us in and find out!
-Brittany Roger
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