nursery | a place where plants are grown and taken care of; gardeners go to this kind of place to get new plants and flowers for their gardens. |
restaurant | a building where you go to eat food that someone else has cooked; if you go out to eat with your family, you would probably go to one of these. |
poster | an advertisement of something; you could make one of these to advertise the school carnival. |
pretend | to act like you are someone else; you may do this when you are playing dress-up or acting like a famous person. |
branch | the small part of the tree that holds the leaves; if you hang from the tree on this, it will probably break and you will not like what happens next. |
shy | not feeling comfortable around other people; doesn't talk very much; if you do not talk a lot, other children would think you are this |
cream | the part of milk that contains the butterfat; sometimes you may use this to make cake or cookies, but you would not want to eat it by itself, Yuk! |
nest | a place where birds hatch their eggs; you should never bother one of these in your trees so that the momma bird can come back to it to feed her babies. |
bare | not having anything on it; a wall with no pictures on it would be this. |
case | a container used for holding or carrying; you can carry all of your crayons or markers in this. |
whisper | to talk in a quiet voice; this is what you should do at the movies when you need to tell your friend something special. |
playground | a place outside that has swing sets and monkey bars; it is always fun to play at one of these. |
porch | an entrance of a building that is covered; you can sit outside on this and drink some lemonade while watching the birds. |
ripe | ready to be eaten; you can hardly wait until the apples are this so you can eat them. |
tablet | a pad of paper you would use to draw or write on; you might write a note to your friend on one of these. |
factory | a building where things are made using machines; the car your parents drive was made in one of these. |
peaceful | restful and quiet; when you go to bed at night, you should feel this. |
forehead | the upper part of your face, above your eyes and eyebrows; try to pat this and rub your tummy at the same time. |
garden | a place in the dirt where you would plant seeds for vegetables or flowers; your mom may ask you to pick a tomato from this. |
neighborhood | a part of town where people live near each other; you probably have lots of friends in yours. |
brag | overly proud talk or manner, to praise oneself or one's possessions or achievements; you may do this when you have won an award or prize. |
wonder | to think about something; if you do this, you are curious about something. |
grand prize | the best prize of all in a contest; you might get a brand new bicycle if you win this type of prize. |
proud | feeling good about yourself because you did something good; you should be this when you work hard and do good on something. |
garage | the part of your house where you park your cars; you may have a car in this, but you probably also have a lot of junk in it! |