Did you know that except for pets and zoos, Ireland is 100% snake free? Poplar Irish folklore gives St. Patrick credit for this mystery, claiming that he drove all the snakes out of Ireland. This little folk tale, along with Big Buddy begging me to do a unit on dinosaurs, led to our March theme: reptiles. I'm not on doing a unit just on dinosaurs because Big Buddy has been interested obsessed with dinosaurs for over a year now and there really not much left that I could teach him - he's now the one educating me! I'm also secretly hoping this unit might encourage him to expand his passion to some living creatures. WRITING CENTER ADDITIONS - these items are added to the markers, crayons, and paper that is always available. dinosaur and reptile stencils, dinosaur scratch cards, dinosaur stamps. skills practiced / reenforced : fine motor, creativity, expressing thought/ideas *the scratch cards are actually valentines. LEA...