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Swamp Life Animal Printouts @ EnchantedLearning

Alligator
Beaver
Crocodile

Cattail Theme

Cattail Craft
Have the child look at a picture of a cattail (or go observe a real on).  Draw it.
Options:
#1: Cut it out.  Color it.  Tape it onto a craft stick.
#2: Go to: Northwest Wildflower Drawings by Karl Urban.  Print the "Common Cattail" out.  Have the child color it.

Cattail.jpg
Huntsville Stake Park: Cattail A photo showing the white fluff.
Wilderness Survival Flowering stalks and roots
Plants and Other Subjects: Cattail Black and white image.

Learn more about this plant and its uses:
Aquatic Plant Management Society: Plant  Fact Sheet: Cattail
Cattails (Typha latifolia) - A native aquatic plant in Washington
Cattails
Uses and Benefits of  Aquatic Plants
Environmental Concern, Inc: Kids Page  They don't have this page up yet.

Cattail Lesson Plan
Take a closer look at a cattail! @ Aquatic Illinois
For grades 4-12.