Flamingo, Tour du Valat, 1954, Thursday morning

Flamingo sits in the field note for 1954 under “Tour du Valat”, and the figure beside it is 6. At the end of the children’s table, check that the label and the notebook match, and correct the notebook if they do not. Do not merge a zoo birthday with the field survey. This week, keep only the field side. The bill, teeth, trunk, pouch or talon that field guides name first -- and that trade or conflict usually targets. At the children’s corner, open Flamingo so the notebook shows 1954 first, 6 next, and “Tour du Valat” beside them.

This week, before you open the animal book in the children’s corner, write only the name, the year, and the figure on the notebook, then read those three lines once and close the book. At home, leave the notebook on the shoe shelf and, the next morning, read the three lines aloud once, then shut it. The order is Flamingo, 1954, 6, then “Tour du Valat”. When the picture book is done, look again only at 1954 for Flamingo and leave 6 on the notebook.

Do not line the species up by size, danger, or popularity. If someone asks which animal is greater, read the field entry for that year again. Check the picture-book label against the notebook, and leave any ranking space blank. Do not merge a zoo birthday with the field survey. This week, keep only the field side. Match Tour du Valat with 6 at the children’s corner before you close 1954 for Flamingo. Flamingo sits in the field note for 1954 under “Tour du Valat”, and the figure beside it is 6.