Pronounced: [kats]
Everyone loves cats! Cats like to meow. Don’t you just love to hear a car purr? Don’t you just love to pet your cat? A cat is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal with soft fur and a short snout with claws. It is widely kept as a pet or for catching mice.
Other fun facts about Cats:
- Cats can sleep 13-14 hours a day
- Cats have flexible bodies
- Cats like to hunt for mice and rats
- Young cats are called kittens
- The average male weights about 20 lbs.
- The hearing of the average cat is at least five times keener than that of a human adult
- Most cats give birth to a litter of between one and nine kittens
So, Homeschoolers: sketch an illustration and describe cats. Read and share the story of the kitten called Miss Moppet.
