Speaker 1: Hey, Callie, what's you do in Well, I'm working on
Speaker 1: the projects for school. That's about my favorite parts of spring,
Speaker 1: But I can't think of any Well, there's lots.
Speaker 2: Of things to love about spring, Cawie.
Speaker 3: Like what like the warm weather? Right now?
Speaker 4: The sun is shining and it's a you beautiful day outside.
Speaker 1: I guess it being warmer is one thing that I'd
Speaker 1: love about spring.
Speaker 3: But that's just one thing.
Speaker 1: Oh, how about new beginnings?
Speaker 2: Could that be one of your favorite parts of spring?
Speaker 1: New beginnings? I like the sound of that, but what.
Speaker 5: Does it mean? Welcome to Stories for Kids by Lingo Kids,
Speaker 5: where we discover fascinating facts about the world around us
Speaker 5: and the fun of play learning. Spring is on its
Speaker 5: way in the Northern Hemisphere. That's why to say, we
Speaker 5: will be helping Callie with her school project about spring
Speaker 5: and learning about new beginnings in the process.
Speaker 1: So, Elliott, who are new beginnings?
Speaker 2: Well, I'm not really sure. I just heard my teacher
Speaker 2: say that spring is a.
Speaker 3: Time for new beginnings.
Speaker 5: That's true. Spring can be a time for new beginnings, Elliot.
Speaker 5: That's a great suggestion, Billy. Billy thinks we should go
Speaker 5: for a walk in the park to discover all the
Speaker 5: fun things about spring, and maybe even find out what
Speaker 5: new beginnings are.
Speaker 2: Yay, it really is the perfect day for a walk
Speaker 2: in the park.
Speaker 3: Billy, great idea. Oh look a squirrel.
Speaker 5: Good I there, Lisa. It looks like that adult squirrel
Speaker 5: is stuffing her cheeks full of bird seeds.
Speaker 3: She must be really hungry.
Speaker 5: Well, my guess is they aren't just for her. Take
Speaker 5: a looka where she's headed.
Speaker 1: Wow, she's why not that lamp purse super fast and
Speaker 1: looks like she's about to jump over to that dream branch.
Speaker 1: Here she goes, Frey, you made it, miss squirrel.
Speaker 3: Nice jump.
Speaker 1: She just dumped inside a hole in the trunk.
Speaker 3: I wonder why.
Speaker 1: Oh look you can see tiny baby squirrels digging dianaus
Speaker 1: of the hole and squeaking for their mama.
Speaker 3: That's exactly right, Lisa.
Speaker 5: Squirrels are often born right around this time in early spring.
Speaker 5: Most squirrels like to build their dens in a tree
Speaker 5: and make a warm and cozy.
Speaker 3: Nest out of it, sort of like birds. That's so cool.
Speaker 1: How long new squirrels stay a little for?
Speaker 3: They're only little for a short while.
Speaker 5: Squirrels start to feed themselves when they are three or
Speaker 5: four months old?
Speaker 1: How long I'm going to add baby squirrels being born
Speaker 1: to my list of favorite things about spring season.
Speaker 3: Baby squirrels? What's that? Billy? Billy says he found another
Speaker 3: family of animals in the park. Where, Billy, where, I
Speaker 3: don't hear anything. Let's try to stay quiet, Lisa. We
Speaker 3: don't want to scare them away.
Speaker 1: Oh that's right, Sorry, I mean.
Speaker 3: Ah, Look it's a rabbit and a baby bunny. They
Speaker 3: are so cute.
Speaker 1: How come this baby is out and about with his
Speaker 1: daddy and not in the din like the squirrels.
Speaker 5: Well, baby rabbits also called kids, grow up faster than
Speaker 5: baby squirrels do.
Speaker 3: Usually, rabbits are out.
Speaker 5: Of their home called a warren and feeding on greens
Speaker 5: with their mom or dad around one month after being born,
Speaker 5: like this little fella right here. That's right, Billy. Lots
Speaker 5: of birds also start to lay their eggs in late
Speaker 5: winter and early springtime too. Baby birds can be heard
Speaker 5: chirping for food from their nests in the spring.
Speaker 1: Wow, they're all kinds of baby, and most in the
Speaker 1: park during springtime. As it's all of this to my projects, Huh,
Speaker 1: I didn't know so many animals were born all around
Speaker 1: the same time like.
Speaker 4: This, good observation, Lisa, Why do you think that is? Hmmm, oh,
Speaker 4: maybe because it's warmer.
Speaker 3: Sure, that's one reason. And what else starts to happen
Speaker 3: when the temperature gets warmer.
Speaker 1: Lots of plants start to grow again.
Speaker 3: Too, exactly, Cowie.
Speaker 5: All the fresh grass and other leaves also called vegetation
Speaker 5: make for lots of of food animals can use to
Speaker 5: feed their babies. So the warmer weather and the easy
Speaker 5: access to lots of food make springtime a natural time
Speaker 5: of birth.
Speaker 1: Go if spring is such a great time for everyone
Speaker 1: to be born, how could my birthdays?
Speaker 5: And answer, well, Cowie, that's a good question. Some animals,
Speaker 5: including cows, can be born anytime of the year. Really, yes,
Speaker 5: especially since most cows live on farms. They have access
Speaker 5: to food and a warm barn to sleep in year round,
Speaker 5: so many cows can have babies whenever they want to.
Speaker 2: I wasn't born in the spring either, COWI pint.
Speaker 3: It's like we are often born.
Speaker 5: In the summer or fall.
Speaker 2: My birthdays in August.
Speaker 5: True, different species of animals are born during different seasons
Speaker 5: all over the world.
Speaker 3: There's nothing wrong with being born in one season. Or another.
Speaker 5: You just may see a lot more baby animals out
Speaker 5: in the park during the spring than in other months.
Speaker 1: Oh, I think I understand now what new beginnings are,
Speaker 1: got I try to explain.
Speaker 3: Sure, go for it, Cawie.
Speaker 1: So many new things are happening. Lots of baby animals
Speaker 1: are born, the weather's changing, the grass and plants are
Speaker 1: all starting to grow again too, new like fresh.
Speaker 4: I agree, Calie, there's a lot of new things that
Speaker 4: happen in spring.
Speaker 5: Spring is a time of new beginnings for people as well.
Speaker 3: Really, how do you mean?
Speaker 5: Well, that could mean the start of a new friendship
Speaker 5: or picking up a new hobby. You can take a
Speaker 5: page out of Nature's book and decide to make a
Speaker 5: positive change in your life this spring.
Speaker 3: Too, if you want to, like wanting to go on more.
Speaker 2: Walks in the book or spending time of your friends Exactly.
Speaker 5: You don't need an excuse to try something new. But
Speaker 5: sometimes seeing spring bring nature back to life and get
Speaker 5: people in.
Speaker 3: The spirit for new beginnings.
Speaker 1: Wow, this is going to be the best project ever.
Speaker 3: I love springs.
Speaker 5: Well, Lingo kids listeners, Today we learned about what spring brings.
Speaker 5: It's a time when warm weather and lots of fresh
Speaker 5: vegetation means new baby animals and birds may start to
Speaker 5: appear in your local park. Did you notice any new
Speaker 5: life in your neighborhood? Share with us if you did,
Speaker 5: or tell us what you would add to your own
Speaker 5: favorite parts of the Spring Project. Grown Ups, you can
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