Title: Words from Is Your Mama a Llama by Deborah Guarino and Steven Kellogg
1Words from Is Your Mama a Llama?by Deborah
Guarino and Steven Kellogg
2A llama is a nice animal,a little like a small
camel.
3Llamas live in South America.
4Say itllama
5A friend is someone you know and like, and who
knows and likes you.
6The dog is the boys friend.
7Say itfriend
8To believe is to think something is true.
9Do you believe that Santa Claus lives at the
North Pole?
10Say itbelieve
11To behave is to act. How you act, or what you
do, is how you behave.
12This girl does not behave nicely.
13Say itbehave
14Feathers are what birds use to fly.
15The swan has beautiful white feathers.
16Say itfeathers
17To behave politely isto act nicely, like a
friend.
18The two men are shaking hands politely.
19Say itpolitely
20To explain something is to say what or why it is.
21To start a fire, you can use a match, the man
explained.
22Say itexplained
23To graze is to eat grass. Cows, sheep, and other
animals graze.
24The cow grazes when she is hungry.
25Say itgrazes
26Clyde is a mans name.
27Here is a man named Clyde Barrow. (He was a
robber!)
28Say itClyde
29Whiskers are long hairs under the noses of men,
and cats, and other animals.
30The man has long whiskers.So does the cat!
31Say itwhiskers
32Really means actually, in fact.
33Is that dog really that big? Yes!
34Say itreally
35Rhonda is a womans name.
36Here is a woman named Rhonda. She plays the
mandolin.
37Say itRhonda
38To respond is to answer.
39The lady responded to the question with a smile.
40Say itresponded
41Hind means in back.Hind legs are the back legs.
42A kangaroos hind legsare big, for jumping.
43Say ithind
44Certainly means definitely. Something is
certainly true if there is no doubt! Yes, its
right!
45That is a lot of cars.Yes, it certainly is a
lot!
46Say itcertainly
47Llyn is a name. It sounds the same as Lynn.
48Here is a lady named Llyn.
49Say itLlyn
50Lloyd is a mans name.
51Frank Lloyd Wright showed people how to make this
house, called Falling Water.
52Say itLloyd
53Lashes means eyelashes, hair just above and
belowyour eyes.
54She has very long lashes.
55Say itlashes
56A herd is a big group of animals like sheep, or
llamas!
57The sheep are in a herd,and so are the llamas.
58Say itherd
59cause is just a short way to say because.
60The boy hugs the dog justcause (because) he
likes him!
61Say itcause
62The End
- Note I would like to see more presentations like
this, taking books and explaining words from them
that are either hard to pronounce or that might
not be familiar to little kids.