Elinor Wonders Why comics

The **Elinor Wonders Why comics** are short, typically four panel comics situated within the *Elinor Wonders Why* universe. They are posted thrice-weekly on Monday, Wednesday and Friday to the show's Twitter, Instagram and Facebook pages. Some comics feature similar plots to already existing episodes, or feature completely new situations. They also feature activities which parents are encouraged to do with their children after reading the comic.

**Currently, new comics are on hiatus, for the summer break. Select favorite comics will be posted once a week.**

## Comic 1

Elinor talks with Olive about the car they built in Speed Racer.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Ok, our new race car is ready!
* **Elinor**: Now that it has a pointy shape, it can go fast like a bird or a fish!
* **Olive**: Elinor, you forgot one more thing a car needs to go fast...
* **Olive**: ...the wheels!

**Activity!** Design an animal-shaped racecar! Think about which animals move fast and why, then draw and color a vehicle inspired by different animals.

## Comic 2

Olive comments on the windy day being perfect for flying a kite, while Elinor humorously flies Ari like one.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: It's so windy today!
* **Olive**: Perfect for flying a kite!
* **Elinor**: ...or an Ari!
* **Ari**: Wheeee!

**Activity!** Make your own small kite with paper, tape, and some string!

## Comic 3

Elinor is eating some popcorn and throws a piece up to catch it in her mouth as it falls. Unbeknownst to Elinor, Ari was hanging from a branch above her and ate the piece of popcorn.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Thanks for the snack, Elinor! Keep 'em coming!

**Activity!** Wonder together: what do you think bats like to eat? Most bats eat insects like mosquitoes and moths. Some bats also eat fruits, seeds, and even flower pollen!

## Comic 4

Like in The Town Picnic, the kids are having trouble getting some ketchup out of the bottle.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: This ketchup is so goopy, it won't come out of the bottle!
* **Olive**: Here, let me shake it for you, Elinor.
* **Elinor**: Thanks, but... maybe we should close the bottle next time.

**Activity!** Create your own goopy mixture by combining corn starch and water! How does the texture change if you add more water? Or more corn starch?

## Comic 5

Elinor talks to Koa, who says that he's playing hide and seek with Mary and Lizzie. Elinor points some flaws in his plan.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Hi, Koa! What are you doing?
* **Koa**: Shh, I'm hiding from Mary and Lizzie.
* **Elinor**: But... you're just standing there.
* **Koa**: Yes, but my eyes are closed, which means I'm INVISIBLE!

**Activity!** Play Animal Hide and Seek! Pretend to be different animals, and imagine how they might hide in Nature!

## Comic 6

Elinor meets Olive at school, who isn't dressed as anything for "Dress as Your Favorite Animal" Day.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Hi, Elinor!
* **Elinor**: Olive, did you forget today is "Dress as Your Favorite Animal" Day?
* **Olive**: Nope, I AM dressed as my favorite animal: ME!
* **Ari**: Well, you have to love her confidence!

**Activity!** Craft a costume of your favorite animal! Find clothes together that match the right colors, and decorate with paper ears, scales, or patterns!

## Comic 7

Elinor finds Ari looking at ants. Ari claims that he's looking for a snack and says that ants know where to find food, as they lead him to a picnic that Bodie is on.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Oooh, are you observing ants, Ari?
* **Ari**: Yep. I'm looking for a snack!
* **Elinor**: How does observing ants help you find snacks?
* **Ari**: Ants always know where the best food is! Hi, Bodie!

**Activity!** Play Smell and Seek! Hide objects that are fragrant (like a cup of peanut butter, or soap) and have your child use their sense of smell to find them!

## Comic 8

Olive is digging a hole so she can put her favorite plaything in it, like Mr. Dog in Special Places.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Just like Mr. Dog, I'm digging a hole for my favorite thing to play with!
* **Olive**: Of course, I might have to wait a while before I can play with it...
* **Elinor**: What are you putting in the hole, Olive?
* **Olive**: A tree!

**Activity!** Go to your local plant store and get seeds or a seedling to plant in a pot or in your garden. Talk to your child about what it will grow into and observe together!

## Comic 9

The kids are practicing playing soccer, like in Look What I Can Do.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Wow, everyone is so good at soccer!
* **Elinor**: Silas is good at running, and Olive is good at dribbling the ball!
* **Koa**: Wait until you see what I'm good at.
* **Koa**: Eating orange slices after the game!

**Activity!** Talk about the things each person at home is good at. Draw a picture of each person doing their special skill and share with each other!

## Comic 10

Olive is bouncing a ball off her trunk, proclaiming to be going for a world record.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: I'm going for the world record for bouncing a ball on my trunk!
* **Olive**: I only have ten more bounces to- Ah... Ah...
* **Olive**: ACHOOOO!
* **Olive**: Awww, missed it by a sneeze!

**Activity!** Find three toy balls to play with, and compare how they bounce. What if you bounce them from different heights?

## Comic 11

Elinor and Olive are relaxing outside, laying down in the sun. Elinor remarks that pretending to be a lizard is fun.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: You know, pretending to be a lizard is pretty fun!

**Activity!** Go outside and compare how it feels outside in the shade vs. in the sun. Why do you think lizards lay in the sun?

## Comic 12

In the schoolyard, Elinor informs Ari that Javier lost his voice and can't talk. Ari then starts to search around, claiming that he's trying to find Javier's voice.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Javier can't talk today. He lost his voice!
* **Ari**: Don't worry, I know what to do!
* **Elinor**: Uh, what are you doing, Ari?
* **Ari**: I'm looking for his voice!

**Activity!** Charades! Play charades with your child and talk about how it's a different way to communicate without talking.

## Comic 13

Olive sees a bird singing in a tree, and asks to join in. Olive's loud trumpeting scares off the bird, however.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Oh, hello birdie!
* **Olive**: I love your singing! Can I join you?
* **Olive**: T-TOOT!
* **Olive**: I guess she doesn't like duets...

**Activity!** Animal sounds! Go for a walk and observe what different sounds you can hear. Imagine the sounds of animals your child would like to meet.

## Comic 14

At school, Ari is making a wood sculpture and claims that it's the best sculpture ever, until he sees Sally's wood sculpture.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: TA-DA! I finished my wood sculpture!
* **Ari**: This must be the best wood sculpture ever!
* **Ari**: What do you think, Sally?
* **Ari**: Er, nevermind.

**Activity!** Make your own Nature sculpture! Collect sticks, leaves, and other objects in Nature, and use them to make some 3D art.

## Comic 15

At school, Olive is trying to write with a feather and ink, but it is little more difficult than it seems.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: What are you doing, Olive?
* **Olive**: I read that you can use a feather and ink to write!
* **Olive**: But... it's a little... hard!
* **Olive**: No wonder birds don't write any books!

**Activity!** Write with leaves or sticks! Look for leaves or sticks outside, and then dip them in paint to make some Nature art.

## Comic 16

Elinor, Ari and Olive are planting some trees.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: What a perfect day!
* **Elinor**: I just love planting trees!
* **Olive**: Me too!
* **Ari**: Me "TREE"! Get it?

**Activity!** Not all trees are the same! Explore the different colors and leaf shapes of trees by bringing a notebook and pen on your next walk!

## Comic 17

Ms. Mole asks Elinor how her snack was, while Elinor questions how she knew exactly what she had.

### Transcript

* **Ms. Mole**: Hello, Elinor! How was your orange jelly sandwich?
* **Elinor**: How did you know I ate an orange jelly sandwich, Ms. Mole?
* **Ms. Mole**: \*Sniff sniff\*
* **Ms. Mole**: When a teacher's nose knows, it knows!

**Activity!** Go on a scent scavenger hunt! Search for things in Nature that have different aromas (like pine needles, flowers, grass) then describe the scents together!

## Comic 18

In a similar fashion to The Amazing Expandable Clubhouse, Elinor runs into some clubhouse problems when new members of the Exploring Club come in.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Hi Sally! Did you find any friends to join our Exploring Club?
* **Sally**: I sure did, Elinor!
* **Sally**: But... I think we're going to need a bigger clubhouse!

**Activity!** Turn a cardboard box into your own exploring clubhouse! Help your child cut out windows and a door, and then decorate together!

## Comic 19

Reminiscent of Colorful and Tasty, Elinor and Ari are making cupcakes.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: I bet everyone is going to love our carrot cupcakes!
* **Elinor**: Yup! Carrots are my favorite root vegetable.
* **Ari**: Mine too!
* **Ari**: I'm always *rooting* for more cupcakes!

**Activity!** Imagine your own unique cupcakes! Draw a cupcake outline and use crayons and other craft supplies to decorate the toppings!

## Comic 20

Similar to what happened in Bath Time, Ari doesn't want to take a bath, but his mother tells how important they are.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Aww, Mom, do I have to take a bath?
* **Mrs. Bat**: Now Ari, baths are important so you can feel nice and clean.

**Much later...**

* **Mrs. Bat**: Ok, Ari, time to come out.
* **Ari**: Aww, Mom, do I have to leave the bath?

**Activity!** Make different colored ice cubes with a drop of food dye, and add them to your child's bath to make bathtime a little more colorful and fun!

## Comic 21

Elinor has some difficulties with falling acorns while reading under a tree.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: OW!
* **Elinor**: Good idea, Ms. Turtle!

**Activity!** What falls from trees? Take a walk and see if you can find acorns, pinecones, berries, or twigs! Observe them and their trees!

## Comic 22

Sally has been playing with glue and is now a bit sticky, but she seems to have an advantage over that.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Sally, you have paper stuck to your shirt.
* **Sally**: Oh yeah, I was playing with glue and things got... sticky.
* **Sally**: The good thing is...
* **Sally**: I don't need a backpack anymore!

**Activity!** Sticky experiment! Gather small items (like buttons or paper clips) and guess how many you can pick up with one piece of tape. Then try it out and see!

## Comic 23

Elinor and Olive are trying to guess what sound they hear, like in Make Music Naturally.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Let's play, "I hear with my own ear"!
* **Elinor**: I hear with my own ear something that goes... "crunch crunch"!
* **Olive**: Ooh, is it dry leaves? Or a falling rock?
* **Elinor**: Nope, keep guessing...

**Activity!** Go for a walk and have one person listen for Nature sounds (like birds or wind!) Share the sound and have the second person try to guess what it is!

## Comic 24

Elinor is playing hide and seek with Ari, but she can't find him very easily...

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: 1...2...3...4...
* **Elinor**: Ready or not, here I come!
* **Elinor**: Wow, Ari is really hard to find!
* **Elinor**: I wonder where he's hiding...

**Activity!** Use paper plates & craft supplies to create animal faces that blend in with different backgrounds! Pay attention to the shapes and patterns you see!

## Comic 25

Ari thinks spiders are cool, so he decides to make a web in the kitchen!

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Mom, spiders are so cool!
* **Ari**: They use their webs to catch food!
* **Mrs. Bat**: Yes, Ari, but...
* **Mrs. Bat**: You don't have to build a spiderweb in the kitchen!

**Activity!** Imagine you're a spider! Talk with your child about what it might be like to live in a spider web. How might you move around, or take a nap?

## Comic 26

Elinor and Olive are watching a mama bird feeding her babies.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Olive, look!
* **Elinor**: A mama bird is feeding worms to its babies!
* **Olive**: That's funny, I brought worms for my snack, too.
* **Olive**: Spaghetti noodle worms!

**Activity!** Ask your friends or family members about their favorite foods! What kinds of food do you like that other people also like?

## Comic 27

Elinor is growing her cactus (like in The Pokey Plant) but Tito does not have the same luck.

### Transcript

* **Tito**: Wow, Elinor, your cactus is growing a lot!
* **Elinor**: Thanks! My dad says I have a "green thumb".
* **Elinor**: That means I have a knack for gardening!
* **Tito**: Huh.
* **Tito**: All *I* have is a SORE thumb!

**Activity!** Go for a walk and observe which plants have special parts to protect them, like thorns or cactus spines! Talk about how they help keep the plants safe from animals.

## Comic 28

Elinor and Olive are looking at the stars.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look how many stars there are!
* **Elinor**: Each star is a sun that's really far away.
* **Olive**: Wait, that one's not a star...
* **Elinor**: It's a stARI!

**Activity!** Make some night sky observations! What can you see? Can you spot the moon? Any stars? How many can you count?

## Comic 29

Olive and Elinor discover that various animals can roll into a ball and Rollie surprises them.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Look, lots of animals roll into a ball to protect themselves.
* **Olive**: Roly-polies, millipedes... there's even a lizard that does it!
* **Rollie**: And don't forget...
* **Rollie**: Armadillos!

**Activity!** Talk with your child about animals that have something to protect their bodies. Think of animals that have shells, spikes, or even thick fur to protect themselves from the cold!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love observing clouds! That one looks like a carrot!
* **Ari**: That one looks like a pie!
* **Elinor**: And that one looks like a salad!
* **Elinor**: All this cloud observing is making me hungry!

**Activity!** Go outside with your child and look at the clouds! What shapes can you spot? Take turns pointing them out, or bring a notebook to draw them!

## Comic 31

Elinor and Olive go for a walk among many flowers.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Some flowers smell sweet...
* **Elinor**: ... and some smell like nice soap!
* **Olive**: Ah-Choo!!!
* **Olive**: And some smell like allergies!

**Activity!** Take a flower smelling walk! On your next outdoor walk, sniff different flowers you see, observe them, and talk about what they smell like!

## Comic 32

Elinor and Ari are playing Don't Touch the Ground!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Let's see how far we can go without touching the ground!
* **Elinor**: Hop!
* **Elinor**: Uh oh! This is harder than I thought!
* **Ari**: Seems easy to me!
* **Elinor**: Hey!

**Activity!** Play "Don't Touch the Ground!" outside by setting out pieces of cardboard for kids to hop across. Cut the cardboard into fun shapes likes rocks or logs!

## Comic 33

Elinor and Olive are enjoying a rainy day.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love the rain!
* **Olive**: Yeah, it's good for watering plants and giving animals lots to drink.
* **Elinor**: And there's ONE more thing rain is good for...
* **Elinor**/**Olive**: PUDDLES!!!

**Activity!** Talk with your child about ways that rain is good for the Earth! Plants need water to grow, animals drink water... What else can you think of?

## Comic 34

Koa is competing against a spider in a staring contest like in Thinking About Blinking.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: What are you doing, Koa?
* **Koa**: I'm having a staring contest with this spider.
* **Elinor**: But, Koa... spiders don't have eyelids.
* **Koa**: No wonder it keeps winning!

**Activity!** Look up different bugs together and observe their eyes! Where are they located? Are the different colors? How many do you see?

## Comic 35

Ari talks about burrowing owls and their way of life.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: You see, Dad...
* **Ari**: Burrowing owls put sticks and other things on the ground to keep animals away from their homes.
* **Ari**: Isn't that cool?
* **Mr. Bat**: Yes, Ari, but...
* **Mr. Bat**: ...*you* still need to pick up all your toys!

**Activity!** Create a burrow by piling couch cushions together. Use blocks or other toys to protect it, just like burrowing owls do!

## Comic 36

Olive and Ari are talking about wildlife trees.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: I love wildlife trees!
* **Ari**: Yeah, they make great homes for lots of small animals!
* **Olive**: And the best part is...
* **Olive**: They're a great place to take a nap!

**Activity!** Go on a nature walk and see if you can find any wildlife trees. Look for fallen trees that now serve as home for other creatures!

## Comic 37

Similar to what happened in Pirate Treasure, Elinor and Ari go in search of the treasure, but again, Ari does not remember where he buried it.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: *ARR!* We're pirates looking for treasure!
* **Elinor**: Where did you bury it, Ari?
* **Ari**: Uh, I don't remember...
* **Ari**: But I'm sure it's ARRRound here somewhere!

**Activity!** Make your own treasure map! Hide items around your home, then have a friend or parent use the map to try and find them!

## Comic 38

Elinor decides to make a strawberry jam for her father!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Here, Dad! I made you strawberry jam!
* **Mr. Rabbit**: Thank you, Elinor! It's delicious!
* **Mr. Rabbit**: You made me the best kind of gift there is.
* **Mr. Rabbit**: The BERRY sweet kind!

**Activity!** Do you know how fruits are used to make jelly and jam? Look up a recipe with your child and observe how the fruit changes from step to step!

## Comic 39

Elinor shows Olive that she can swim like a duck using swimfins, a similar situation in Speedy Swimming.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, these swimfins give me webbed feet!
* **Elinor**: Now I can swim fast like a duck! Wheeeee!
* **Elinor**: The only problem is...
* **Elinor**: ...they also make me *walk* like a duck!

**Activity!** Ducks, beavers, and Portuguese Water Dogs are all animals with webbed feet. Talk with your child about what they have in common, and how their feet help them!

## Comic 40

Ari asks Elinor if eating fruit seeds will make a fruit grow in your stomach.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Elinor! If I eat a seed, does a plant grow in my tummy?
* **Elinor**: No, Ari, plants need sunlight and air to grow.
* **Ari**: Phew!
* **Ari**: We can keep eating oranges, Koa!
* **Koa**: Awesome!

**Activity!** Look together at the fruits you have at home. Do any of them have seeds? Compare the seeds in different types of fruit — like apples, oranges, or bananas!

## Comic 41

Elinor shows her moth costume to her dad.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, Dad! I'm a moth!
* **Mr. Rabbit**: That's great, Elinor! But where's Olive?
* **Elinor**: She was going to be a moth *caterpillar...*
* **Elinor**: ...but then she fell asleep in her cocoon!

**Activity!** Make and decorate your own moth or butterfly costume with materials you have at home, like paper, cardboard, and tape!

## Comic 42

Elinor and Ari sample some unripened strawberries.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Strawberries change from green to red and get sweeter as they grow!
* **Ari**: Let's see what these white ones taste like!
* **Elinor**/**Ari**: SOUR!
* **Elinor**: At least we had fun making funny faces!

**Activity!** What are some other fruits and vegetables that change as they grow or ripen? Do they turn different colors, or change shape?

## Comic 43

Elinor and Olive are watching the fireflies. This is the Fourth of July special.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Fireflies use their light to talk to each other.
* **Olive**: What do you think they're saying?
* **Elinor**: "Enjoy the show."

**Activity!** Use a flashlight (or your phone's light) and come up with a blinking code to communicate with each other in the dark, just like fireflies!

## Comic 44

Elinor and Ari see where a baby turtle is going.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, it's a baby turtle! Let's see where it's going!
* **Ari**: This might take a while. Did you bring a book?

**Activity!** Race like a turtle! Put on a backpack (or another "turtle shell") and turtle crawl from one spot another! How long did it take?

## Comic 45

Similar to what happened in To Bee or Not to Bee, Koa is afraid of bees but Elinor tries to control the situation.

### Transcript

* **Koa**: Ahhh! It's a bee!
* **Elinor**: It's ok, Koa. Just stay calm and the bee will fly away.
* **Koa**: Ok, I am calm... I am calm... I...
* **Elinor**: Well, that works, too.

**Activity!** Did you know some bees dance to communicate? Make up a dance with your child to communicate how you feel or to tell a story.

## Comic 46

Elinor tells Sally that butterflies like to visit various kinds of flowers.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Butterflies like to visit special kinds of flowers.
* **Elinor**: So if you plant them in your garden...
* **Elinor**: ...the butterflies will come!
* **Sally**: Now that's flower power!

**Activity!** Take a walk around your neighborhood and see if you can spot a butterfly! What kind of plants are they around? What do you notice about their colors?

## Comic 47

Ari shows Elinor a trick he taught his sister.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Look, Elinor, I taught Miri how to wave her arms!
* **Ari**: Wave, Miri, wave!
* **Ari**: That part she learned by herself.

**Activity!** Play a mirroring game with your child! Have one of you do an action, then have other mimic it. Start out slow, and see how silly or fast your actions can go!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: There are so many different kinds of leaves!
* **Elinor**: They come in lots of colors, shapes, and sizes!
* **Olive**: I'm Not surprised at all, Elinor.
* **Olive**: "Leaf" it to nature to be so interesting!

**Activity!** Take a walk and see how many kinds of leaves you can find in your neighborhood. Bring paper and a crayon and create leaf rubbings of them!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Presenting... my Nature Art Show!
* **Olive**: But Elinor, I just see an empty frame.
* **Elinor**: Yes! That's because...
* **Elinor**: Nature is already a work of art!

**Activity!** Try out some nature photography! Take a walk and let your child pick out plants or objects that they like. Use a camera to take pictures together!

## Comic 50

Elinor thinks Sally will make a dam with her sticks, but...

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Sally, are you making a dam with those sticks?
* **Elinor**: I read that beavers use them to block rivers and make their homes.
* **Sally**: Actually...
* **Sally**: I'm just having a snack!

**Activity!** Create your own dam with some popsicle sticks! Dig a path in some dirt outside, pour water in it, and use the sticks to slow the flow!

## Comic 51

Ranger finds Elinor drinking like a butterfly.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I'm drinking from a long straw just like a butterfly!

**Activity!** Tape straws together to create your own butterfly proboscis. Set a cup on the ground and see how high you can drink from it!

## Comic 52

Elinor gives a seashell to her dad, but it turns out to be a hermit crab's home.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Here's a seashell, Dad. So you never forget our trip to the beach!
* **Mr. Rabbit**: Aww, thank you, Elinor. It's - **AHH!!!**
* **Elinor**: It's not just a shell, it's a hermit crab!
* **Mr. Rabbit**: Well, I'll never forget that!

**Activity!** Make a shell for one of your stuffed animals, just like a hermit crab! Start with a cardboard box, draw a shell outline, and then decorate it together!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, it's a beehive!
* **Elinor**: That's where bees live and make honey!
* **Elinor**: They are SO interesting!
* **Olive**: Mmm, and sweet!

**Activity!** Did you know bees make honey from flower nectar? Draw and cut out paper flowers and bees, and place the flowers around your home. Have your child "fly" the bees to the flowers!

## Comic 54

Elinor mentions that Camilla is very lucky as camels can drink a lot of water, although there is a negative aspect to that.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Camilla is so lucky.
* **Elinor**: Camels can drink a **LOT** of water.
* **Ari**: Yeah, but...
* **Ari**: Look at the size of her water bottle!

**Activity!** See if you and your child can name different types of bodies of water together, like lakes, rivers, or oceans! How is water important to those environments?

## Comic 55

Elinor and friends go camping in the yard.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love camping in our backyard!
* **Olive**: Me too! Where should we put our sleeping bags?
* **Ari**: I found a spot!
* **Ari**: Ah, just like home!

**Activity!** Did you know that some animals like to sleep upside down, like bats, sloths, and even manatees? Look up some pictures together and compare to how you sleep!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Spiderwebs are so cool!
* **Elinor**: Spiders make them so they can catch insects to eat.
* **Olive**: Um, I need a little help...
* **Olive**: My spiderweb caught an elephant!

**Activity!** Make a spiderweb together by gluing string onto a piece of paper! Look at pictures of real spiderwebs for design inspiration!

## Comic 57

Elinor and Ari are out on a windy day, and make observations similar to the ones in Nature Walk.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: It's so windy today!
* **Elinor**: Good things trees have their roots in the ground to keep them from falling over.
* **Ari**: Ooh, I have an idea!
* **Ari**: Ahh, much better!

**Activity!** Take a Natural walk together and look for tree roots! What can you observe about them? Compare and contrast the roots of different trees!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: What are you doing, Olive?
* **Olive**: I'm reading a book with one of my best friends.
* **Elinor**: Who?
* **Olive**: This tree!

**Activity!** If you were to pick a best friend in Nature, who would it be and why? Draw a picture of a tree, flower, insect, or object that would be your friend!

## Comic 59

Elinor wakes up her mom to ask a question.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Mom! Mom! Wake up!
* **Ranger**: What is it, Elinor?
* **Elinor**: I woke up and I had a question about flowers!
* **Ranger**: *[thinking]* Curiosity makes the best alarm clock.
* **Elinor**: Wow!

**Activity!** Make morning observations together when you wake up! What color is the sky? What sounds do you here? Is it warm or cool?

## Comic 60

Elinor and Olive talk about what plants need to grow.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Plants need the three S's to grow: Seeds, soil and sun.
* **Elinor**: Olive, don't forget plants also need water!
* **Olive**: Aww, if only water started with an "s" too.
* **Elinor**: It does if you ssssprinkle it!

**Activity!** Fill an old shoebox with soil, and plant some seeds to make a home garden. Make sure it gets plenty of water and sun!

## Comic 61

Ari observes how moths are attracted to light.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Check this out, Mom. When I turn on the porch light...
* **Ari**: ...the moths fly to the light.
* **Ari**: And when I turn the light off, they fly away!
* **Ari**: I guess they "moth" like the light!

**Activity!** Moths and other insects are attracted to outdoor lights. Try turning on a light outside and observe any bugs that come to visit!

## Comic 62

Elinor, Ari, and Sally chat about the snacks they brought to school.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I brought carrot sticks for a snack!
* **Ari**: And I brought soy cheese sticks!
* **Elinor**: What snack did *you* bring, Sally?
* **Sally**: Just regular sticks!

**Activity!** Did you know beavers can eat the bark, leaves, twigs, and stems of a tree? Find a tree and point out its different parts together!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Ms. Mole, why do leaves change color?
* **Elinor**: And why do birds build nests?
* **Elinor**: Do you think I ask too many questions?
* **Ms. Mole**: Not at all!
* **Ms. Mole**: Your wondering is just wonderful!

**Activity!** Play the question game on your next walk! One person points to an object and the other person comes up with a question about it, like - *How old is that tree?* or *Why is the grass green?*

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look! It's a woodpecker!
* **Elinor**: Woodpeckers peck at trees to look for bugs to eat. It's called "drumming."
* **Ari**: Ooh, maybe I can help the woodpecker!
* **Ari**: Are you ready to rock?!

**Activity!** Make your own drum! Take an empty container and cover it tightly with plastic wrap or fabric. Collect twigs to use as drumsticks!

## Comic 65

At school, Elinor reads a poem about ears.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Ahem. A poem about ears: "Big ears... Small ears..."
* **Elinor**: "Floppy ears, and long ears!"
* **Elinor**: "If you counted all the different kinds of ears..."
* **Elinor**: "You'd be counting ears for years!"

**Activity!** Look up images of different animal ears and make observations together - what do you notice about their shapes? Look at your own ears in a mirror and compare!

## Comic 66

Elinor and Olive look at some interesting things in trees.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, it's a beehive!
* **Elinor**: And look, a bird's nest!
* **Olive**: There sure are a lot of cool things in trees.
* **Elinor**: Yes, trees are *so* in-TREES-ting!

**Activity!** Walk around your neighborhood and take a closer look at the trees around you! What do you observe on or around them?

### Transcript

* **Señor Tapir**: Scientists ask lots of questions...
* **Señor Tapir**: And they love to explore and make observations!
* **Elinor**: We love to do those things too!
* **Señor Tapir**: Yes, kids make the best scientists!

**Activity!** Create a song together about something in Nature you're curious about, just like Señor Tapir does! There are so many exciting things to explore!

## Comic 68

Elinor and Ari wonder how tall a sequoia tree is.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I wonder how tall this sequoia tree is?
* **Ari**: I'll find out!
* **Ari**: It's about a hundred Aris high!

**Activity!** Find the biggest tree in your neighborhood! Is it taller than nearby buildings? How wide is it? Count how many handprints it takes to measure its trunk!

## Comic 69

Ari and Elinor make some jokes about corn.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Look, I have an EAR of corn!
* **Ari**: Get it? Because corn cobs are called "ears"?
* **Elinor**: I get it, Ari...
* **Elinor**: It's a very corn-y joke!

**Activity!** Did you know that corn always has an even number of rows on each ear? Next time you eat corn on the cob, count for yourself and see!

## Comic 70

Elinor shows her dad the echoing at a cliff.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Dad! Listen to this cliff's echo!
* **Elinor**: Hello!

***Hello!***

* **Mr. Rabbit**: Ooh, let me try... Elinor is curious!

***Elinor is curious!***

* **Mr. Rabbit**: Well, you can't argue with that!

**Activity!** Play an echolocation game! Have one person cover their eyes and try to find the other person by sound. Every time Person A yells "echo!", Person B responds "echo!"

## Comic 71

Elinor lists some of the favorite things she likes doing with her dad.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love doing our favorite activities together, Dad. Like boating...
* **Elinor**: Hiking...
* **Elinor**: Climbing...
* *Zzz...*
* **Ranger**: ...and napping!

**Activity!** Brainstorm activities your family likes to do, and pick a day to do them together! It could be a movie night, a walk, or making a meal!

### Transcript

* **Koa**: Do you think frogs have ears?
* **Elinor**: They do!
* **Elinor**: Frogs have covered ears so water doesn't get inside when they swim!
* **Koa**: Wow, that is SO cool!
* Ribbit!
* **Elinor**: See, that frog heard you just fine!

**Activity!** Experiment with different ways to make your voice louder! Speak into a cardboard tube or into your hands and see how your voice changes!

## Comic 73

Olive gets a lot of visitors for her lending library.

### Transcript

* **Koa**: Do you have any books about surfing?
* **Olive**: Yes!
* **Elinor**: Everyone loves your lending library, Olive!
* **Olive**: What can I say, reading is worth waiting for!

**Activity!** Find the lending library closest to you and take a trip to visit! You can find a new book to enjoy, or donate one of your old books!

### Transcript

* **Koa**: I wonder if fish eat in the water.
* **Elinor**: They do!
* **Koa**: Even their breakfast?
* **Elinor**: Yup.
* **Koa**: Aw, poor fishies.
* **Elinor**: Why?
* **Koa**: Their cereal must get soggy!

**Activity!** What happens in a pond? Play Pond Life on the PBS Kids website or Games app and observe the different creatures that live there and what they eat!

## Comic 75

Elinor's dad talks about seasonal fruits.

### Transcript

* **Mr. Rabbit**: Fruits like peaches only grow during some months of the year.
* **Mr. Rabbit**: During those months, we say they're "in season".
* **Elinor**: Can I ask a question, Dad?
* **Mr. Rabbit**: Of course!
* **Mr. Rabbit**: Asking questions is always in season!

**Activity!** Make a fruit salad using each of your family members' favorite fruits! Compare and contrast their textures and colors!

## Comic 76

Ranger talks about how animals sleep, until...

### Transcript

* **Ranger**: Animals sleep in lots of different ways.
* **Ranger**: Fish sleep with their eyes open, and some frogs sleep upside down.
* **Ranger**: Elinor?
* **Ranger**: I guess some rabbits sleep listening to stories.

**Activity!** Animals fall asleep in many different ways! Look up animal sleeping habits together and compare their sleep habits to how you sleep!

## Comic 77

Elinor and Olive look at things through a magnifying glass.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Magnifying glasses are so interesting...
* **Elinor**: They make things look bigger than they really are.
* **Elinor**: Whoa! It's an eye!
* **Olive**: Yup, "eye" can see that!

**Activity!** Use a magnifying glass to observer different objects together! Look at different items around your home or go outside for a closer look!

## Comic 78

Elinor and her friends talk about their favorite seasons. This is the first day of Fall special.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I think spring is interesting because that's when flowers bloom.
* **Olive**: I think summer is great because it gets nice and warm.
* **Ari**: I think fall and winter are fun because it gets chilly and cold.
* **Elinor**: It's true, there are *lots* of reasons to love the seasons!

**Activity!** How are seasons different where you live? Talk together about your favorite season and what Nature looks and feels like during that time!

## Comic 79

Elinor and Ari see a hummingbird building a nest.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: That hummingbird is plucking dandelion seeds.
* **Elinor**: It's using them to make a comfy nest.
* **Ari**: That gives me an idea!
* **Ari**: Ahh, there's nothing like being comfy in nature!

**Activity!** Create your own hummingbird feeder using a recycled plastic bottle and some sugar water. Observer any birds that come to visit!

### Transcript

* **Mr. Bat**: Here's your stuffed animal for your sleepover, Ari.
* **Ari**: Er, Dad, I think I'm too old to play with plushies now...
* **Elinor**: I think Robin should come along.
* **Ari**: Really?
* **Ari**: Then who's my favorite plushie? You are! You are!

**Activity!** Does your child have a favorite toy? Bring it along on your next walk, and take pictures of it in Nature to remember all the places it traveled!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I wonder what we'll find on our nature walk today.
* **Elinor**: Maybe birds, or a new flower!
* **Olive**: Let's look for a new puddle.
* **Olive**: Because I found one already!

**Activity!** Look for unexpected spots of Nature in your neighborhood. A patch of grass in a sidewalk crack, or a puddle on the ground... Nature is all around you!

## Comic 82

Olive tries to think of which insect to dress as for Insect Day.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Are you going to dress up as an insect for Insect Day, Olive?
* **Olive**: Yeah, but I don't know which one!
* **Olive**: I could be a moth, or a dragonfly, or a bee...
* **Elinor**: I think Insect Day has Olive really "bugging" out!

**Activity!** Draw yourself as a bug! Do you have wings? What color is your body? How many legs and antennae do you have?

### Transcript

* **Mr. Lion**: Ari, your painting is wonderful!
* **Mr. Lion**: I love the bright colors and shapes!
* **Ari**: Thanks, Mr. Lion, but that's not a painting...
* **Ari**: That's just my dirty apron!

**Activity!** Collect crayons or paints and talk with your child about the colors. Can you think of objects in Nature that match each color?

## Comic 84

Olive and Ari read about animals dancing.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Look, lots of animals in nature like to dance.
* **Olive**: Some birds do it, and there's even a spider that does it!
* **Ari**: Hey, guess which animal I'm dancing like?
* **Olive**: A bat!

**Activity!** Play an animal charades game! Have one person call out animal names, and everyone else moves (or dances!) to act like that animal.

## Comic 85

Elinor and friends talk about their favorite parts of camping.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: What's your favorite part of camping?
* **Ari**: I like getting to hang out with my friends!
* **Olive**: I like being out in nature!
* **Elinor**: I like all of the above!

**Activity!** Try camping indoors for the night! Create a blanket tent to sleep under, use flashlights in the dark, and even eat marshmallows together!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: What are you looking at, Olive?
* **Olive**: I think these snails are having a race!
* **Elinor**: Have they started yet?
* **Olive**: I don't know!

**Activity!** Turn your toy cars into snails by adding a paper shell on their backs. Race them against each other and dip them in water so they make trails!

## Comic 87

Elinor tells Ari that animals can be sensitive to sound.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Hi, Elinor!!!
* **Elinor**: Ari, animals in the forest are startled by loud sounds.
* **Ari**: Oh, right! Sorry!
* **Ari**: I guess a forest marching band isn't such a great idea then.

**Activity!** Make your own band using objects from around your home as instruments! Play your favorite song and drum/sing/strum along!

## Comic 88

Olive brings some books along on a camping trip.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Are you ready to go camping, Olive?
* **Olive**: Yeah! I brought lots of books!
* **Elinor**: But we're only going for one day!
* **Olive**: You're right, I should get more!

**Activity!** Go on a short hike close to your home! Make a packing list together of what you should bring: Water, snacks, a first aid kit, a nature book!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, Rollie, it's a spittle bug!
* **Elinor**: Spittle bugs hide themselves in bubbles, sometimes for the whole day!
* **Rollie**: It must be hard to be a spittle bug.
* **Rollie**: That sounds like being in a bath all day!

**Activity!** Make a spittle bug bubble house! Fill a cup with water and add a few drops of dish soap. Use a straw to blow air into the mixture and watch the bubbles grow!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: There's nothing like falling into a bad of leaves in the Fall!

**Activity!** Create a Bingo chart of your favorite things to see and do in the Fall! Check off each activity as you see leaves change color, carve pumpkins, etc.

## Comic 91

Elinor runs inside, covered in dirt... then Ari... then Olive...

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Hi, Dad!
* **Ari**: Hi, Mr. Rabbit!
* **Olive**: Hello, Mr. Rabbit!
* **Mr. Rabbit**: It looks like somebody had fun playing outside!

**Activity!** Mud Play! Mix dirt and water and play in it. Fun tip: you can dry "mud cubes" with ice cube trays. They're great for building mud castles!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look! It's an owl!
* **Elinor**: Hello, Mr. Owl!
* **Owl:** Hoo!
* **Elinor**: You, Mr. Owl! I'm talking to you!
* **Owl:** Hoo!
* **Elinor**: YOU, that's who!
* **Owl:** Hoo!
* **Elinor**: This owl doesn't know WHO I'm talking to!
* **Owl:** Hoo!

**Activity!** Go outside and listen for bird sounds. Talk about their differences and see if you can imitate them together!

## Comic 93

Elinor and Ari dress up for costume day. This is the Halloween special.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Are you ready for Costume Day, Ari?
* **Ari**: Yup! Wait 'till you see my costume!
* **Ari**: Ta-da!
* **Ari**: I'm a baseball BAT!

**Activity!** Make an Elinor Wonders Why costume ! Find colors that match your favorite character's outfit, and use paper to make the ears!

## Comic 94

Elinor and Ari carve pumpkins. This is another Halloween special.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Are you done carving your pumpkin, Ari?
* **Ari**: Almost there...
* **Ari**: Ta-da! It's my best pumpkin yet!
* **Ari**: An Ari-O-Lantern!

**Activity!** Use every part of your pumpkin by baking the seeds to eat! Add cinnamon and sugar for a sweet snack, or add salt and your favorite herbs for something savory!

## Comic 95

Elinor gathers some things for a Fall party.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: What are you doing, Elinor?
* **Elinor**: I'm having a party to celebrate the Fall season.
* **Olive**: What are all the leaves for?
* **Elinor**: Well you can't have a party without confetti!

**Activity!** Create confetti for your next party by cutting bits of fallen leaves using a hole punch! You can also break them apart in a bag!

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Nothing beats playing soccer in the Fall!
* **Ari**: W-whoa!
* **Ari**: Oof!
* **Ari**: Well, I could do without the falling.

**Activity!** What are your family's favorite activities to do in the Fall? Do you like playing sports together, or observing leaves as they change color?

### Transcript

* **Rollie**: Are you ready to race down the hill, Elinor?
* **Elinor**: Yeah, but where's your car, Rollie?
* **Rollie**: Oh, we armadillos don't need cars...
* **Rollie**: We're always ready to roll!

**Activity!** Collect differently shaped objects in Nature and roll them down a ramp or hill. Observe the different ways they move!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love listening to the sounds of Nature at night...
* **Elinor**: The wind... the crickets...
* **Elinor**: The owls...
* **Owl:** Hoo!
* **Elinor**: And the sleeping Dads!
* Zzzz...

**Activity!** Nature has different sounds at night! Listen during a nighttime walk (or out your window) for cricketes, frogs, and other creatures!

## Comic 99

Ari asks Elinor about her favorite scientist.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Who's your favorite scientist, Elinor?
* **Elinor**: I like Marie Curie. She made a lot of discoveries.
* **Ari**: That makes sense.
* **Elinor**: Why?
* **Ari**: Becuase you're very *Curie*-ous!

**Activity!** Anyone can be a scientist! Together, look up scientists who've made their own observations about Nature, and see what new things you can learn from them!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I just love the Fall season!
* **Olive**: Me too!
* **Olive**: *Whoops!!*
* **Olive**: But *falling*, not so much.

**Activity!** Use colorful leaves to make a stained-glass window at home. Stick leaves on transparent contact paper, and place on a window for a lovely autumn view.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love to recycle, it's good for the planet.
* **Olive**: I see your dad likes to recycle, too.
* **Mr. Rabbit**: "Orange" you glad I didn't say banana?
* **Ari**: Ha! Classic!
* **Olive**: He likes to recycle old jokes!

**Activity!** Make a game out of sorting recyclables in your home. Talk about the different materials - paper, glass, and plastic!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Thanks for helping use clean up, Javier!
* **Ari**: Yeah, we make a great team. Elinor washes, I rinse...
* **Javier**: ...and I dry!

**Activity!** Animals like moose, elk, and deer all have antlers. Look at pictures together and talk about how antlers might help animals protect themselves!

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Painting trees in Autumn is hard.
* **Olive**: All the leaves keep falling off!
* **Elinor**: I know what you should do, Olive!
* **Elinor**: You "Autumn" paint faster!

**Activity!** Find a leaf that's fallen from a tree, and take it home to observe! Draw it each day as it changed color and shape.

## Comic 104

Elinor and some friends play with a football.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Who wants to catch the football?
* **Ari**: Me! Me! Throw it to me!
* **Elinor**: Ari, since this is a football...
* **Elinor**: Maybe we should keep our feet on the ground!

**Activity!** What's your family's favorite sport? Play together while pretending to be different animals, like soccer as elephants, or frisbee as chickens!

## Comic 105

Olive tells Elinor what she's thankful for. This is the Thanksgiving special.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: What are you thankful for this year, Olive?
* **Olive**: I'm thankful for everything in Nature, from the biggest tree to the littlest ant!
* **Elinor**: I think the ants are thankful, too.
* **Elinor**: They're thankful for lunch!

**Activity!** Make Nature "Thank You Cards"! Pick up large fallen leaves and write things that you're thankful for on them. Send them to friends and family!

## Comic 106

Elinor points out an apple tree with her dad.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: There are so many apples on this tree!
* **Mr. Rabbit**: Apples are in season in the fall. That means there's lots of them.
* BONK!
* **Elinor**: They also fall in the fall!

**Activity!** Did you know that fruits grow in different ways? Apples come from trees, blueberries come from bushes, and bananas can grow in bunches of hundreds!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love blowing bubbles!
* **Olive**: Me too! I'm going to make more with this straw.
* **Olive**: Ahh... Phewwww!
* **Elinor**: I think that's enough bubbles.

**Activity!** Experiment making different bubble wands. Use soapy water with your hands, an empty can, or craft supplies like pipe cleaners - which made the best bubbles?

## Comic 108

Ari talks to Elinor about communication through dancing.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Did you know dancing is a way to communicate?
* **Ari**: You can dance to tell others what you learn or how you feel!
* **Elinor**: Mm-hm. You can also dance to tell other how you feel *when* you learn, which is...
* **Elinor**/**Ari**: **Happy!**

**Activity!** Observe the animals in your neighborhood as they sing, fly, or even dance to communicate with each other! What do you think they're saying?

## Comic 109

Elinor and Tito listen to the sounds of nature.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Nature is full of interesting sounds!
* **Elinor**: Like the sound of birds, frogs...
* **Elinor**: And... a guitar?
* **Tito**: Don't forget Señor Tapir!
* **Señor Tapir**: Hola, amigos!

**Activity!** Bring an empty plastic bottle or jar on your next walk and fill it with pebbles and shells to create a Nature musical shaker!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Is this where you live, Ms. Mole?
* **Ms. Mole**: It is! We moles make our homes by digging tunnels called burrows.
* **Ari**: Wow, it must be so cool to live underground.
* **Ms. Mole**: Yes, I really DIG it!

**Activity!** Many animals spend their time underground, like moles, aardvarks, and the desert tortoise! Come up with reasons together why animals might like living underground!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Let's look for frogs!
* **Ari**: I'll find them! I'm a super frog finder!
* **Ari**: Wh-whoa!
* **Ari**: I told you I was a super frog finder!

**Activity!** Frogs like to hide in damp and shady areas, usually close to water! If you have a pond or creek nearby, visit together and see if you can spot any frogs!

### Transcript

* **Olive**: I love reading my nature book!
* **Olive**: I learn so much about plants and animals.
* **Elinor**: Olive, you're not only reading about nature...
* **Elinor**: You're reading *in* nature!

**Activity!** What's something from Nature that your child is interested in? Go to your local library and see what books you can find to learn more together!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Olive, let's go bird watching!
* **Olive**: Why are we going to your room?
* **Elinor**: Because...
* **Elinor**: You can always find Nature outside your window!

**Activity!** You can enjoy Nature indoors! Look outside your window and see what you can spot: a tree, clouds, a bug, or even a bird flying by!

## Comic 114

Olive wonders how Elinor can tell winter is near.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: It looks like winter is coming.
* **Olive**: Is it because it's getting colder?
* **Olive**: Or because the leaves are changing color?
* **Elinor**: No, because Siggy is stocking up on acorns!

**Activity!** Pretend to be squirrels together! Cut out paper acorn shapes and hide them around your home. Then find them to make a winter stash!

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Bananas are so cool.
* **Olive**: Did you know they grow hanging upside-down?
* **Ari**: Really, that's amazing!
* **Ari**: Who knew bats and bananas had so much in common!

**Activity!** Look up different fruits and veggies and talk about how they grow! Do they sprout from the ground, or hang from a tree, or even underground?

## Comic 116

Elinor and Ari help Mr. Raccoon with some cleaning

### Transcript

* **Mr. Raccoon**: Thanks for helping me clean up, kids.
* **Elinor**: You're welcome, Mr. Raccoon. We love to help keep Animal Town clean!
* **Mr. Raccoon**: Do you thinnk you can help me clean up one more thing?
* **Mr. Raccoon**: This plate of treats!

**Activity!** Help keep Nature clean and bring a bag on your next hike to pick up litter! You can also volunteer at park and beach clean-up days!

## Comic 117

Elinor and Olive tell each other about their favorite parts of winter.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love winter!
* **Elinor**: I love snowflakes, and snow building, and ice skating!
* **Olive**: My favorite part is being cold!
* **Elinor**: Really?
* **Olive**: Because then my mom brings us hot chocolate!

**Activity!** Make hot chocolate together, or your favorite cold weather drink! Maybe even add marshmallows or other fun toppings.

## Comic 118

Elinor and friends decorate a tree. This is the Christmas special.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Thanks for helping us decorate our tree, Ari.
* **Ari**: No problem!
* **Ari**: "Bats" what friends are for!

**Activity!** Create frozen winter ornaments with items you find in Nature. Add water and some string, then freeze them outside or in your freezer.

## Comic 119

Elinor and friends find some things in nature to use as instruments.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Look, I can use these dried bean pods like maracas!
* **Elinor**: And I can use these sticks and this log like a drum!
* **Elinor**: All we need now to make a nature band is...
* **Elinor**: An elephant trumpet!

**Activity!** Go outside together and see what Nature sounds you can hear. Birds singing? A bee buzzing? The wind blowing?

## Comic 120

Elinor and Ari discuss about the end of the year. This is the New Year's Day special.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I can't believe a whole year has gone by!
* **Ari**: Yeah, we went through all four season: (sic) winter, spring, summer, and fall.
* **Elinor**: I guess one thing never goes *out* of season...
* **Elinor**: The changing of the seasons!

**Activity!** Go on a Nature walk and make observations about the last day of the year! What do you notice about the weather? The trees? The sounds outside?

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love your rock collection, Olive!
* **Elinor**: There are so many different kinds. This one is really shiny.
* **Olive**: You can have that one, Elinor.
* **Elinor**: Thanks, but why?
* **Olive**: Because as a friend, you're a real gem!

**Activity!** Go on a rock scavenger hunt together! Can you find a rock that's smooth? Rough? Gray? Colorful? What about a rock with stripes?

## Comic 122

Elinor builds a snow animal with Javier and Sally.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Our snow animal is almost done!
* **Elinor**: We just need the carrot for the nose and the sticks for the arms.
* **Javier**: Oh, uh... sorry, Elinor...
* **Javier**: We thought those were just snacks!

**Activity!** Draw or make a paper snowman, and decorate it with objects from Nature! Use sticks, pebbles, and leaves to make your snowman unique!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Whoo-hoo!
* **Olive**: Wheee!
* **Ari**: W-Whoaa!!
* **Ari**: I don't think I'm doing this right!

**Activity!** Create a tiny ice-skating rink! Freeze water in a baking pan, then slide small items across it to observe how different objects slide!

## Comic 124

Continuing from the last comic, Ari finds a solution to his skating problem.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Wh-whoaaa...!
* **Elinor**: Wow, Ari, look at you go!
* **Ari**: Yeah, skating is easier if you're not *on* the ice!

**Activity!** Talk about how animals keep from slipping on the ground (claws, pads, etc.). Observe your own shoes and see if you notice similar ideas in them.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I wish we could skate all year round.
* **Olive**: I wish we could drink hot cocoa all year round!

**Activity!** Talk about and draw your favorite activities to do together! Which ones can only be done in some seasons, and which ones can you do all year?

## Comic 126

Olive gives her mom a gift on her birthday.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Happy Birthday, Mom! I made you a paper butterfly!
* **Olive's Mom**: Thanks, sweetie! But how did you know I like butterflies?
* **Olive**: Oh, I had a hunch.

**Activity!** Create and decorate your own colorful butterfly wings using cardboard, coloring supplies, and some string!

### Transcript

* **Olive's Mom**: A peach pit is the seed of a peach tree.
* **Olive's Mom**: They brow best when you plant them in the fall, when it's nice and cool.
* **Olive**: I can dig the hole, Mom!
* **Olive's Mom**: Olive, you made a pit for the pit!

**Activity!** Create fruit art together! Clean and dry fruit seeds after you're done eating, and use them to paint unique art on paper.

## Comic 128

Elinor tells Olive that she misses the sounds of birds in the winter.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love winter, but I miss the sound of birds singing.
* **Olive**: I can help, Elinor. Tweet! Tweet!
* **Elinor**: Wow, you sound just like a bird, Olive!
* **Olive**: Thanks! I was just winging it!

**Activity!** Try to imitate different bird calls together! Look up birds local to your area, and whistle, sing, or tweet in or outside your home!

## Comic 129

Elinor looks at some animal footprints in the snow.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: These footprints came from a bird.
* **Elinor**: And these came from a moose.
* **Elinor**: But who made these tracks?
* **Ari**: A bat on skiis! Whee!!!

**Activity!** Make animal foot prints! Take paint and paper (or even water on the sidewalk) and use brushes to create the shapes of different animal feet.

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Nice snowshoes, Olive!
* **Olive**: Thanks! Snowshoes are wide, so they keep you from sinking into the snow!
* **Elinor**: Look, I have "snow shoes" too!
* **Elinor**: I made them myself!

**Activity!** Trace your child's feet and cut out snow shoes from cardboard. Wear them around the home or outdoors!

### Transcript

* **Ari**: I'm making a snack for my pet rock!
* **Elinor**: What kind of snack do rocks eat?
* **Ari**: What else...
* **Ari**: A SAND-wich!

**Activity!** Decorate a rock friend with paint, markers, or googly eyes and take it around with you for a day!

## Comic 132

Siggy shows Elinor that squirrels hide things for the winter.

### Transcript

* **Siggy**: We squirrels hide nuts in trees to eat in the winter.
* **Siggy**: See?
* **Elinor**: Wow!
* **Elinor**: I've been saving something for winter too...
* **Elinor**: Hot cocoa!

**Activity!** Observe winter together! How is the weather different than in other seasons? What do you notice about the plants around you?

## Comic 133

Elinor tells Ari that she and Sally are going to "rock and roll."

### Transcript

* **Ari**: What are you doing, Elinor?
* **Elinor**: We're going to rock and roll. Want to join us?
* **Ari**: Yeah, I love rock and roll music!
* **Elinor**: Actually, we're just pushing rocks and rolling them!

**Activity!** Take a neighborhood walk and observe the differences between the rocks you see! How do their shapes, textures, colors, and weight compare?

## Comic 134

Elinor goes to get something from the garden... in the winter.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Where are you going, Elinor?
* **Elinor**: To my garden to get a treat!
* **Olive**: But it's the middle of winter!
* **Elinor**: Yup! It's the perfect time to grow snow cones!

**Activity!** If the weather is really cold outside, see if you can find a puddle with frost or ice! Observe together - is the water frozen? What do you notice about the ice's surface?

## Comic 135

Ranger finds a bunch of the couch cushions missing...

### Transcript

* **Ranger**: Elinor, do you know where all the pillows and cushions are?
* **Elinor**: I borrowed them to make a burrow!

**Activity!** Talk about how creatures like beavers and birds use the nature around them to build their own homes. Build your own burrow together with pillows and blankets!

## Comic 136

Elinor and Olive go outside on a particularly snowy day.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look how much snow is on the ground!
* **Olive**: Wow, have you ever seen snow this deep, Elinor?
* **Olive**: Elinor?
* **Elinor**: I have now!

**Activity!** Bring objects on your next walk to help you measure the Nature around you! How many pencils high is a bush? How many sticks deep is the snow?

## Comic 137

Ari finds Elinor waiting for something...

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Hi, Elinor? What are you doing?
* **Elinor**: I'm just waiting.
* **Ari**: Waiting for what?
* **Elinor**: That.
* **Ari**: Yeah, totally worth it.

**Activity!** Pick a day to watch the sunset with family and friends! Make observations about the changing colors, and enjoy the view together!

## Comic 138

Elinor and Olive talk about wildlife trees.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: When a tree falls over, it becomes a "wildlife tree."
* **Elinor**: Then it becomes a home to lots of forest creatures!
* **Olive**: And don't forget...
* **Olive**: They make great places for picnics!

**Activity!** Can you spot a wildlife tree on your next Nature walk? What can you observe about the wildlife around it?

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: In the winter, the top of the lake turns to ice.
* **Elinor**: But the bottom stays liquid.
* **Ari**: Cool!
* **Elinor**: It's not just cool, Ari...
* **Elinor**: It's really n-*ice!*

**Activity!** Go on an exploration trip with your child! Pack a snack, choose a place to visit, and see what you can observe together!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, it's an anthill!
* **Elinor**: Let's see if any ants come out.
* **Ari**: Now this is what I call ANT-icipation!

**Activity!** Go on an anthill scavenger hunt around your neighborhood! Find some ants and see if you can follow them to observe their home!

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Let's make really big snowballs!
* **Elinor**: Okay!
* **Olive**: Wow, look how big mine is!
* **Olive**: Elinor?
* **Elinor**: I think I got a little carried away!

**Activity!** Observe ice cubes together! Place ice in a bowl and invite your child to talk about how it looks and feels. What changes do you see as the ice melts?

## Comic 142

Elinor and Olive look at the various wildlife that live in ponds.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: There are so many creatures in a pond.
* **Elinor**: From swimming frogs to flying dragonflies.
* **Olive**: You forgot one more creature.
* **Olive**: A wading bat!

**Activity!** Create pond art together by taking turns drawing creatures you might find underwater. Fill the page with fish, frogs, bugs, and more!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Hi Olive, I see you're painting today.
* **Elinor**: But... where are your paints?
* **Olive**: Oh, I don't need paint today.
* **Olive**: I'm just painting the snow!

**Activity!** You don't need colorful supplies to paint! Bring a bucket of water outside and use brushes (or even old fabric) to make shapes on the sidewalk!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look Olive, we're painting rocks!
* **Olive**: How fun! Where's *your* rock, Ari?
* **Ari**: Right here!
* **Ari**: I think I'm going to need more paint.

**Activity!** Make a rock animal by painting googly eyes and attaching wings or legs with craft supplies. The possibilities are endless!

## Comic 145

Elinor shows Ari how to plant a sunflower.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: To grow a sunflower, all you need is a pot...
* \*munch\* \*munch\*
* **Elinor**: Some soil...
* **Elinor**: And the most important part: sunflower seeds!
* \*gulp!\*
* **Ari**: Um, I think I ate the most important part.

**Activity!** Lots of veggies and fruits have visible seeds in them. Next time you're preparing food, observe the seeds together!

## Comic 146

Olive is all geared up to go outside in the snow, but there's one problem...

### Transcript

* **Olive's Mom**: Are you ready to go play outside, Olive?
* **Olive**: Yup, I got my pants, sweater, snowsuit, scarf, glove(sic), boots, and trunk warmers!
* **Olive**: I just forgot one thing.
* **Olive**: I have to go to the bathroom!

**Activity!** Dress-up Game! Talk about the weather in each season, and put together different outfits to fit. See who can dress for winter the quickest!

## Comic 147

Olive faces some book issues akin to *Olive's Library*.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Wow, Olive, you have so many book!
* **Olive**: Yep, I have books about everything!
* **Olive**: But... There *is* one book I don't have...
* **Olive**: A book about how to organize all my books!

**Activity!** What's your favorite book about Nature? Read together, and share the title in the comments!

## Comic 148

Some animals get a little impatient with a turtle Elinor happens to be watching.

### Transcript

* **Mr. Raccoon**: Has the baby turtle crossed the path yet, Elinor?
* **Elinor**: Not yet, Mr. Raccoon. Turtles are very slow. Are you in a hurry?
* **Mr. Raccoon**: No, but they might be!

**Activity!** Play "Turtle Crossing" with one person calling Red (Stop), Yellow (Slow Motion), and Green (Fast) as the others race as turtles to see who can cross the finish line first!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: When snakes get too big for their skin...
* **Elinor**: ...they shed the old one and grow a new one.
* **Elinor**: See, Ari, there's a lot we can learn from snakes!
* **Ari**: Aww, but I like this shirt!

**Activity!** Draw the outline of a snake with your child and decorate it with different patterns! Look up snake images together for real-life inspiration.

## Comic 150

Elinor finds unique ways to paint, like in A Change of Art.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I used grass and mud to paint the grass and trees...
* **Elinor**: And I used a blueberry to paint the sky blue.
* **Olive**: Wow, Elinor, you painted nature with nature...
* **Olive**: ...in nature!

**Activity!** Try painting with Nature! Use fruits or flowers to paint brighter colors, and grass and mud for greens and browns.

## Comic 151

Olive lists the uses for elephant trunks.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: We elephants use our trunks for lots of things!
* **Olive**: We can smell and grab things with it...
* **Olive**: And even make sounds: *T-TOOT!*
* **Elinor**: Olive, that is *elephant-tastic!*

**Activity!** Pretend you're an elephant using one arm as a trunk! Do things around the house together, and make an elephant call anytime you accomplish something!

### Transcript

* **Ari**: It's time to play ball!
* **Ari**: Whoops. I forgot I was upside down.

**Activity!** Explore how different objects fall at different speeds! Gather items (like leaves and small rocks) and compare how fast or slow they drop!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, that robin laid eggs in its nest!
* **Elinor**: The eggs are so tiny!
* **Elinor**: And soon, little robin chick birds will hatch!
* **Olive**: That is so *egg*-citing!

**Activity!** Reuse eggshells by planting seeds in them! Keep them in their carton, fill them with dirt and seeds, and watch the plants grow!

### Transcript

* **Siggy**: We squirrels are really good at balancing.
* **Siggy**: We use our big tails to keep from falling over.
* **Elinor**: Hmm, well I don't have a big tail...
* **Elinor**: But I can use my ears!

**Activity!** Balance like a squirrel! Draw a line on the sidewalk with chalk, and have your child try to balance as they walk along it. Does holding a stick make it easier?

## Comic 155

Elinor and Olive stop to smell some flowers.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Mmm, these flowers smell really sweet!
* **Olive**: These flowers smell like my mom!
* **Elinor**: Your mom? Why?
* **Olive**: Because she's really sweet!

**Activity!** Make paper flowers for someone special! Use pieces of paper to make the petals, then use pipe cleaners to make the stem and leaves!

## Comic 156

Elinor and Ari draw a snake... A loooong one.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Drawing a snake sure takes a lot of paper!

**Activity!** See how many animals you can draw on one sheet of paper! Take turns passing paper back and forth until you fill up the whole page!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Mr. Raccoon's pretzels are so good!
* **Elinor**: I can't get enough of them!
* **Olive**: Um, actually...
* **Olive**: I think I've had enough!

**Activity!** Use modeling clay (like Play Doh) to make twisty pretzel knots and pretend-pretzels. Roll the dough out and then twist to see what shapes you can make!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Knock, knock, Ari!
* **Ari**: Who is it?
* **Elinor**: A bat!
* **Ari**: A bat who?
* **Elinor**: It's a-*bat* time you opened the door!

**Activity!** Come up with a knock-knock joke together! For an extra challenge: try to make it about something you've observed in Nature!

## Comic 159

Elinor finds a bunch of eggs with Camilla.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, that bird laid eggs.
* **Elinor**: And this turtle laid eggs.
* **Elinor**: And so did this frog!
* **Camilla**: Elinor, you're an *egg*-cellent egg spotter!

**Activity!** Compare different animal eggs! Look up bird and reptile eggs and observe their different colors and shapes. Draw your favorites!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Dad, did you know ants are SUPER strong?
* **Elinor**: They can carry things that are fifty times heavier than they are!
* **Elinor**: Wouldn't it be great to be that strong?
* **Mr. Rabbit**: Yep, it would be f-ANT-astic!

**Activity!** Create an ant craft together by drawing ants on a page (3 dots and 6 legs each), then gluing leaf pieces on top of each ant!

## Comic 161

Elinor warns Olive of an obstacle while they're racing.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Wheee!!
* **Elinor**: Olive, duck!
* **Olive**: What is it? A low branch?
* **Elinor**: No, a duck!

**Activity!** Pretend to be ducks together! What do ducks sound like? How do they walk? Make wings with your arms and waddle around!

## Comic 162

Elinor and Ari have some trouble reading a map.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I think the pond is *this* way!
* **Ari**: But Elinor, the map says the pond is *this* way!
* **Elinor**: That's because you're holding the map upside down!
* **Ari**: What do you mean? It looks okay to me!

**Activity!** Make a map of your neighborhood together! Draw any landmarks you see, like big trees, colorful flowers, and interesting buildings!

## Comic 163

Elinor and Olive hit a snag while bird-watching.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, I see some baby birds!
* **Olive**: Ooh, can I use the binoculars?
* **Olive**: They're so small!
* **Elinor**: I think you're holding it the wrong way.

**Activity!** Make and decorate binoculars with two toilet paper rolls glued together! Take them on a walk and see what you observe through them!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Nature is full of wonderful smells. I can smell the trees!
* **Olive**: I can smell the flowers!
* **Ari**: I can smell... barbeque???
* **Mr. Dog**: Oh, hello kids! Want some grilled veggies?

**Activity!** Create a scent scavenger hunt! Find objects with a strong smell (like soap or candles) and see if your child can guess the objects with their sense of smell!

## Comic 165

Mr. Rabbit encourages Elinor to go outside.

### Transcript

* **Mr. Rabbit**: It's a beautiful day, Elinor.
* **Mr. Rabbit**: You should go outside and have fun!
* **Elinor**: Great idea, Dad!
* **Elinor**: Ahh, this *is* better!

**Activity!** Sometimes it's fun to do everyday things outside! Go to a local park to do homework or read books as a family!

## Comic 166

Ari tries to help Elinor make a bird feeder.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Let's make a bird feeder!
* **Elinor**: Can you open the bag of seeds, please?
* **Ari**: Sure!
* **Ari**: W-WHOOPS!
* **Elinor**: Nevermind, *you* can be our bird feeder!

**Activity!** Make a bird feeder together! Use paper plates or an old milk carton to decorate and store seeds for the birds in your neighborhood.

### Transcript

* **Mrs. Bat**: Well, that was a great picnic!
* **Mrs. Bat**: But now it's time to clean up.
* **Ari**: Mom, this is a bat picnic. We can't clean *up...*
* **Ari**: We have to clean *down!*

**Activity!** Picnics don't have to be full meals - you can enjoy snacks in Nature, too! Bring a blanket outside or sit in the grass during your next snack time!

## Comic 168

Elinor asks Olive about what she likes about trees.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: What's your favorite thing about rees, Olive?
* **Olive**: I love the green leaves and how they change colors in the fall. What about you?
* **Elinor**: I like the view.

**Activity!** Draw a diagram together of a tree- from root to trunk to branch to leaf. Then talk about what your favorite tree parts are!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: We wrote a poem for you, Ms. Mole!
* **Elinor**: To the best teacher a kid could have, You make us think and make us laugh!
* **Elinor**: Thank you for exploring with us, You help us be more curious!
* **Ms. Mole**: Aww, that was music to my ears!

**Activity!** Write a thank you poem for your teacher or someone special in your life! How do they help you, and what do you appreciate most about them?

### Transcript

* **Camilla**: Elinor, there's a bug on your arm!
* **Elinor**: Oh, hi there, little guy!
* **Camilla**: Doesn't it bother you?
* **Elinor**: Nah, insects don't *bug* me at all!

**Activity!** Find & observe local bugs by looking closely at the plants around your neighborhood! You might see ladybugs, caterpillars, bees, aphids, and more!

### Transcript

* **Mr. Rabbit**: Elinor, your grandma is here!
* **Elinor**: Bibi! I've learned so many things I want to share with you!
* **Bibi**: Me too!
* **Elinor**/**Bibi**: That is SO interesting!
* **Mr. Rabbit**: I can see the resemblance!

**Activity!** Draw a picture of something you've learned, and share with a grandparent or friend! Ask them to share something interesting with you too!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I love planting trees!
* **Elinor**: Trees help keep our air nice and clean.
* **Ranger**: That's right, Elinor. When you plant a tree...
* **Ranger**: It does tree-mendous good!

**Activity!** Planting together is always a fun family activity! Partner with a local park for larger plants like trees, or grow your own sprouts at home!

### Transcript

* **Mr. Lion**: Elinor, I love that you used blueberries to paint.
* **Elinor**: Yup!
* **Elinor**: I used them to paint the color blue!
* **Mr. Lion**: Well, it was the right choice...
* **Mr. Lion**: It made your painting BERRY beautiful!

**Activity!** Experiment together with using berries to paint. Set out paper and fruit and let your kids paint, stamp, and draw as they snack!

## Comic 174

Elinor and Olive follow a feather mystery.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Look, it's a feather!
* **Olive**: I wonder where it came from. I don't see any birds around.
* **Elinor**: I think I know...
* **Elinor**: It's from a Daddy!

**Activity!** Go on a walk together and look for birds. Observe their colors and behaviors in your notebook.

## Comic 175

Ari doesn't quite understand what a suncatcher is.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Look, I finished my suncatcher.
* **Elinor**: When the sun shines through it, it makes beautiful colors!
* **Ari**: Is that what a suncatcher is? Phew...!
* **Ari**: I thought I needed a bigger glove to catch the sun!

**Activity!** Make your own Nature suncatcher! Use clear recycled plastic, decorate with markers, add collected flowers and leaves, then hang it in a sunny place!

## Comic 176

Elinor and Ari decide to help pick up litter.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Hi, Mrs. Hippo! What are you doing?
* **Mrs. Hippo**: Just picking up litter to keep the park beautiful.
* **Elinor**: Can we help?
* **Mrs. Hippo**: Of course!
* **Mrs. Hippo**: When it comes to litter, I could always use a "litter" help!

**Activity!** Brainstorm together different ways you can help keep your local parks and neighborhood beautiful!

### Transcript

* **Sally**: Oh no, it's a bee!
* **Elinor**: It's okay, Sally. The bee just wants the flower, not you.
* **Elinor**: Bees are important for the environment. They go from flower to flower pollinating them.
* **Sally**: Wow, I'll BEE sure to remember that!

**Activity!** Plant some bee-friendly flowers in your garden or neighborhood! Flowers like lavender, zinnia, and sunflowers are good at attracting honey bees!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I think bees are SO interesting!
* **Elinor**: They fly around and go *Bzz Bzz!*
* **Elinor**: Olive, where are you going?
* **Olive**: I'm *bee*-siting these bees!

**Activity!** Pretend to be bugs together! Visit flowers like bees, use flashlights to glow like a firefly, or make a beautiful web like a spider!

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Don't worry, Mom, I've taken care of dinner.
* **Ari**: I planted a green bean plant in our garden!
* **Mrs. Bat**: But Ari, green beans plants(sic) can take two months to grow.
* **Ari**: In that case, I've taken care of dinner two months from now!

**Activity!** Re-grow your favorite vegetables from scraps! Veggies like green onions, lettuce, and carrots can be planted again after being cut.

## Comic 180

Ari is nowhere to be found, leaving Elinor and Olive wondering.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Hi, Elinor! Where's Ari?
* **Elinor**: I don't know. He was supposed to meet us here.
* **Olive**: I wonder where he could be.
* **Elinor**: He did say that he wanted to "hang out."
* Zzz

**Activity!** Look up different pictures of bats together and compare their arms and feet to your own! How do they help a bat fly or hang upside down?

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Are you going to throw out that apple, Koa?
* **Elinor**: If you add it to our compost bin, worms will help turn it into rich soil for plants.
* **Koa**: Wow, I feel great helping plants.
* **Koa**: It gives me that worm and fuzzy feeling!

**Activity!** Make your own compost bin! Keep a small container in your freezer for organic waste and take it to a composting center together!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Check this out, Ari...
* **Ari**: Whoa, awesome rock skipping!
* **Ari**: Let's go find more rocks!
* **Elinor**: Yeah!
* **Elinor**: Let's skip to it!

**Activity!** Have you tried skipping rocks before? Find some flat stones and a calm body of water and see if you can "skip" your stones across the surface!

## Comic 183

Elinor talks about rain being good for plants.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Plants need lots of water to grow.
* **Elinor**: That's why it's good when it rains.
* **Olive**: Or if it's summer...
* **Olive**: It's good if someone *makes* it rain!

**Activity!** Water plants together around your home! For younger children, fill a spray bottle with water to help prevent overwatering.

## Comic 184

Olive tells Ari about butterflies and the colors they like.

### Transcript

* **Olive**: Butterflies like red, yellow, orange, pink, and purple.
* **Olive**: That helps them find their favorite flowers!
* **Ari**: I think you're right, Olive...
* **Ari**: They definitely like red!

**Activity!** Look up butterflies (online or in a book) and compare and contrast their wing patterns! Have art supplies nearby and draw your favorites!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: I think carrots are so interesting.
* **Elinor**: They grow under the ground as roots.
* **Olive**: Wow, I didn't know carrots grew as roots!
* **Olive**: We should call them... car*roots!*

**Activity!** Get seeds from your local plant or grocery store and grow them in an egg carton! When the seeds sprout, transfer the seedlings to a pot.

## Comic 186

Camilla can stand the summer heat, unlike Elinor and Ari.

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Phew, it's so hot today!
* **Elinor**: Aren't you warm, Camilla?
* **Camilla**: Not at all! Camels are from the desert, so we're used to the heat.
* **Ari**: I knew Camilla was cool, but I didn't know she was THAT cool!

**Activity!** Camels can survive in hot climates without too much water. How many other desert animals can you name together?

### Transcript

* **Ari**: Ahh, I love to sit quietly!
* **Ari**: It's nice to relax and meditate...
* **Ari**: Don't you just love sitting quietly, Elinor?
* **Ari**: Elinor?

**Activity!** Practice listening calmly together the next time you're in Nature! Lay down on a blanket close your eyes, and take turns naming the things you hear!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Let's build a fort!
* **Olive**: But what should we use to build it?
* **Elinor**: I think I have an idea...
* **Elinor**: It was really FORT-unate we found these sticks!

**Activity!** Build a fort out of branches when you visit the forest or beach! Prop the strongest sticks together and add branches or a blanket on top!

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: Want to play hide and seek, Olive?
* **Olive**: I'm a little sleepy today, but okay.
* **Elinor**: Great, let's... Olive?
* **Elinor**: I said hide and seek, not hide and *sleep!*
* Zzzz...

**Activity!** Make nighttime observations together! What color is the sky? What sounds do you hear? Can you see clouds or stars?

### Transcript

* **Mr. Lion**: What did you paint today, Olive?
* **Olive**: I painted my favorite fruit: a banana!
* **Mr. Lion**: Wow, that looks great!
* **Mr. Lion**: It's very a-peeling!

**Activity!** Help your child make observations about fruit by drawing or painting them! What shapes do they see What colors do they notice?

## Comic 191

While Elinor and Ari play at the beach, it appears to start raining...

### Transcript

* **Elinor**: It's so much fun to play at the beach!
* **Elinor**: Oh no, it's raining!
* **Ari**: Wait, that's not rain...
* **Ari**: That's Olive!

**Activity!** Use water and dirt to make mud-castles! Decorate with leaves, rocks, and flowers. Then leave them in the sun to bake!

## Trivia

* While Javier has not yet spoken in the actual show, he has lines in some comics. He is the first character to feature such an anomaly.
	+ Ashley is the second, if the leaked comic counts.
* **Errors:**
	+ Many of the activity pages and some panels have Elinor's hair incorrectly positioned, swooping up to her left instead of to her right.
	+ The last panel on the Instagram version of Comic 160 has the @elinorwonderswhy watermark erroneously placed over Mr. Rabbit.

1. ↑ As said in a reply to a comment on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cft9Tk8Pqak/ "...we're taking a summer break with comics, but we'll still be posting one favorite a week!"